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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2021
Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc., Salina, KS (US);
Keith W. Finlayson, Gypsum, KS (US);
Bruce D. Peterson, Lindborg, KS (US);
Jeff Welsh, Abilene, KS (US);
Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc., Salina, KS (US);
Abstract
A seed meter for dispensing seed. The seed meter comprises a housing at least partially enclosing an interior space. The housing includes a top surface defining a seed inlet, and further includes a seed outlet. The seed meter additionally includes a metering wheel positioned within the interior space of the housing. The metering wheel is configured to carry seed through the housing when rotating in a first direction or in a second direction. The seed meter further includes a pair of retractable seed guards positioned within the interior space of the housing. The seed guards are each configured to be selectively configured in an operating configuration and in a retracted configuration. In the operating configuration the seed guards are configured to prevent excess seed from passing through the seed meter, and in the retracted configuration the seed guards are configured to permit large obstacles to pass through the seed meter.