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Patent No.:

US 12055557 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 07, 2021

Agricultural sampling system and related methods

Applicant:

Precision Planting Llc, Tremont, IL (US);

Inventors:

Todd Swanson, Morton, IL (US);

Dale Koch, Tremont, IL (US);

Hayden Splechter, Tremont, IL (US);

Timothy Schaefer, Tremont, IL (US);

Assignee:

Precision Planting LLC, Tremont, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Xin Y Zhong

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/10 (2006.01); A01C 23/00 (2006.01); B01D 19/00 (2006.01); B01D 21/26 (2006.01); B01D 29/11 (2006.01); B01F 23/53 (2022.01); B01F 23/80 (2022.01); B01F 25/30 (2022.01); B01F 25/54 (2022.01); B01F 27/1125 (2022.01); B01F 27/808 (2022.01); B01F 27/906 (2022.01); B01F 35/00 (2022.01); B01F 35/10 (2022.01); B01F 35/21 (2022.01); B01F 35/45 (2022.01); B04B 5/04 (2006.01); F04B 43/06 (2006.01); G01G 17/04 (2006.01); G01N 1/08 (2006.01); G01N 1/38 (2006.01); G01N 1/40 (2006.01); G01N 21/05 (2006.01); G01N 21/25 (2006.01); G01N 21/78 (2006.01); G01N 33/24 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); B01F 23/50 (2022.01); B01F 101/00 (2022.01); B01F 101/23 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/1095 (2013.01); A01C 23/007 (2013.01); B01D 19/00 (2013.01); B01D 21/262 (2013.01); B01D 29/112 (2013.01); B01F 23/53 (2022.01); B01F 23/807 (2022.01); B01F 23/808 (2022.01); B01F 25/30 (2022.01); B01F 25/54 (2022.01); B01F 27/11253 (2022.01); B01F 27/808 (2022.01); B01F 27/906 (2022.01); B01F 35/1452 (2022.01); B01F 35/187 (2022.01); B01F 35/2117 (2022.01); B01F 35/453 (2022.01); B04B 5/0421 (2013.01); F04B 43/06 (2013.01); G01G 17/04 (2013.01); G01N 1/08 (2013.01); G01N 1/38 (2013.01); G01N 1/4055 (2013.01); G01N 1/4077 (2013.01); G01N 21/05 (2013.01); G01N 21/251 (2013.01); G01N 21/78 (2013.01); G01N 33/24 (2013.01); G01N 35/00584 (2013.01); G01N 35/1004 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); B01D 2201/4092 (2013.01); B01F 23/581 (2022.01); B01F 2101/005 (2022.01); B01F 2101/23 (2022.01); G01N 2001/4061 (2013.01); G01N 2001/4083 (2013.01); G01N 2001/4088 (2013.01); G01N 2033/245 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00188 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00475 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00495 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00514 (2013.01);
Abstract

An automated computer-controlled sampling system and related methods for collecting, processing, and analyzing agricultural samples for various chemical properties such as plant available nutrients. The sampling system allows multiple samples to be processed and analyzed for different analytes or chemical properties in a simultaneous concurrent or semi-concurrent manner. Advantageously, the system can process soil samples in the 'as collected' condition without drying or grinding. The system generally includes a sample preparation sub-system which receives soil samples collected by a probe collection sub-system and produces a slurry (i.e. mixture of soil, vegetation, and/or manure and water), and a chemical analysis sub-system which processes the prepared slurry samples for quantifying multiple analytes and/or chemical properties of the sample. The sample preparation and chemical analysis sub-systems can be used to analyze soil, vegetation, and/or manure samples.

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