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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2020
Applicant:
Agco Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Inventor:
Kevin J. Hamilton, Newton, KS (US);
Assignee:
AGCO Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/08 (2006.01); A01C 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/081 (2013.01); A01C 7/105 (2013.01);
Abstract
A seed filling system is mounted to a trailing implement that is towed by an agricultural machine. The seed filling system has a reduced-volume receptacle for receiving seed and a metering assembly that causes the distribution of the seed through a manifold to respective storage containers of plural row units before the seed is dispensed to soil.