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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2017
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Michael E. Frasier, Iowa City, IA (US);
Scott C. McCartney, Bettendorf, IA (US);
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A seed metering system includes a volumetric meter and a plurality of row units. Each and every one of the plurality of row units includes a singulating meter, a bypass conduit, and an outlet that is common to and downstream of the singulating meter and the bypass conduit. The seed metering system further includes a dispersion unit including an inlet and a plurality of outlets and operable to disperse the plurality of seeds from the volumetric meter to the plurality of row units. The seed metering system is operable in a first mode of operation in which the volumetric meter communicates with each singulating meter via the dispersion unit to singulate the plurality of seeds. The seed metering system is operable in a second mode of operation in which the volumetric meter communicates with each bypass conduit via the dispersion unit such that the plurality of seeds are not singulated.