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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:
Apr. 04, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 07, 2020
Applicant:

Cnh Industrial Canada, Ltd., Saskatoon, CA;

Inventors:

Rex Ruppert, Benson, MN (US);

Martin Roberge, Saskatoon, CA;

Joel Denis, Saskatoon, CA;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 15/00 (2006.01); B65G 65/48 (2006.01); B65G 69/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 65/4809 (2013.01); A01C 15/007 (2013.01); B65G 69/08 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0202 (2013.01); B65G 2814/0223 (2013.01); B65G 2814/0319 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention provides a product leveling system within at least one tank or particulate material supply compartment that helps to encourage uniform movement of an agricultural product out of the bottom of the compartment. More specifically, the invention relates to a product leveling system that helps monitor areas in which agricultural product is prone to starving and also prone to accumulation, such that quantities of the agricultural product can be diverted from the areas prone to accumulation to the areas prone to starving. For instance, at least one leveling device having a driving shaft and a helical coil may be rotatably mounted within the compartment and rotated to encourage agricultural product to be moved from areas of accumulation to areas where the agricultural product is more quickly removed, resulting in starving. The product leveling system may include three coils mounted about the compartment.


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