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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2024
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Gurmukh H. Advani, West Fargo, ND (US);
Noel W. Anderson, Fargo, ND (US);
Blake Hedrick, Champaign, IL (US);
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are tank assemblies, and particularly tank assemblies including conveyors for the transfer of granular materials, such as seeds. Such conveyors can include a conduit through which the granular material is moved, and a rotatable auger configured to move the seeds through the conduit. Also disclosed herein are control systems and methods for the operation of the tank assemblies and particularly the conveyors disclosed herein. According to certain aspects of the disclosure, the control methods may implement signals from one or more sensors to monitor the level of the granular material in the tank assemblies, and control signals to operate the conveyors to arrive at targeted levels of granular material in the tank assemblies.