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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Wallace Martin, Park View, IA (US);
Netza Portillo, Coal Valley, IL (US);
James Irwin Lodico, Hampton, IL (US);
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/04 ;
Abstract
A seed meter is provided with a stationary housing having an inlet for receiving seed and an outlet for dispensing metered seed. A rotatable circular member is located adjacent the stationary housing and forms a seed puddle there between. The circular member is provided with seed receiving cells for transporting individual seeds from the seed puddle to the outlet. An internal seed knockout assembly having a rotatable wheel drives trapped seed from seed receiving cells into the outlet.