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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2018
Applicants:
Precision Planting Llc, Tremont, IL (US);
Agco DO Brasil SA Ltda, Ribeireo Preto, BR;
Inventors:
Jeremy Hodel, Morton, IL (US);
Timothy Kater, Bloomington, IL (US);
Tracy Leman, Eureka, IL (US);
Jarlis Luiz Matter, Ibiruba, BR;
Assignees:
Precision Planting LLC, Tremont, IL (US);
AGCO do Brasil Soluções Agrícolas Ltda., RibeiraoPreto, BR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 15/00 (2006.01); A01C 7/04 (2006.01); A01C 7/08 (2006.01); A01B 73/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 15/006 (2013.01); A01B 73/04 (2013.01); A01C 7/042 (2013.01); A01C 7/082 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mini-hopper for an agricultural row unit that has a fill tube supplying material to a hopper. A backflow preventer is disposed in the fill tube or in a line to the inlet to prevent flow of material from the mini-hopper through the fill tube when the mini-hopper is in a transport position.