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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2019
Applicant:
Precision Planting Llc, Tremont, IL (US);
Inventors:
Derek Sauder, Tremont, IL (US);
Tim Schaefer, Tremont, IL (US);
Assignee:
Precision Planting LLC, Tremont, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/04 (2006.01); A01C 7/12 (2006.01); A01C 7/08 (2006.01); A01C 7/10 (2006.01); A01C 7/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/046 (2013.01); A01C 7/04 (2013.01); A01C 7/044 (2013.01); A01C 7/084 (2013.01); A01C 7/105 (2013.01); A01C 7/12 (2013.01); A01C 7/123 (2013.01); A01C 7/128 (2013.01); A01C 7/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A seed meter for an agricultural planter in which the seed disc is rotatably mounted within a seed meter housing. As the seed disc rotates, the apertures in the disc rotate along a seed aperture path through a horizontally adjacent seed pool area. The seed disc includes cavities disposed along the seed aperture path to agitate the seeds in the seed pool area. A singulator having multiple co-planar singulator surfaces is biased against the seed side surface of the seed disc.