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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2018
Applicant:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/10 (2006.01); A01C 7/08 (2006.01); A01C 7/12 (2006.01); A01C 7/20 (2006.01); F16J 15/02 (2006.01); A01C 19/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/105 (2013.01); A01C 7/082 (2013.01); A01C 7/128 (2013.01); A01C 7/201 (2013.01); F16J 15/021 (2013.01); A01C 19/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A seed metering system for metering a plurality of seeds includes a meter housing having a front side and a rear side opposite and attached to the front side, a seed inlet defined within the front side of the meter housing, and a seed disk positioned within and rotatable relative to the meter housing. The seed disk has a first side in facing relation to the front side of the meter housing and a second side in facing relation to the rear side of the meter housing. The seed metering system further includes a seal in contact with the front side of the meter housing and the first side of the seed disk.