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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 18, 2017
Applicant:

Cnh Industrial Canada, Ltd., Saskatoon, CA;

Inventors:

Martin J. Roberge, Saskatoon, CA;

Joel Denis, Saskatoon, CA;

Rex L. Ruppert, Benson, MN (US);

Assignee:

CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CA;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 53/52 (2006.01); A01C 7/08 (2006.01); B05B 7/14 (2006.01); B05B 13/00 (2006.01); A01C 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/082 (2013.01); B05B 7/1477 (2013.01); B05B 7/1486 (2013.01); B05B 13/005 (2013.01); A01C 15/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention is directed to an applicator having an agricultural product pneumatic conveying system which meters particulate material from one or more source containers at the application equipment and transports the particulate material to evenly distribute the particulate material from the applicator. The pneumatic conveying system employs supply lines connected between the metering devices at the source containers and delivery nozzles. The conveying system also includes a dynamic baffle system that directs the air flow towards a supply line detected as having increased resistance to the air flow in order to equalize the air flow into each of the supply lines. The baffle system accomplishes this by obstructing a portion of the air flow towards a supply line having less resistance to the air flow and concurrently re-directing the obstructed portion of the air flow into the supply line with higher air flow resistance.


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