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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Gary W. Clem, Inc., Nevada, IA (US);
Inventors:
Brian W. Carr, Ames, IA (US);
Scott A. Sporrer, Nevada, IA (US);
Nick Merfeld, Nevada, IA (US);
Andrew G. Jenkins, Nevada, IA (US);
Assignee:
GARY W. CLEM, INC., Nevada, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/04 (2006.01); A01C 7/16 (2006.01); A01C 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/16 (2013.01); A01C 7/04 (2013.01); A01C 7/042 (2013.01); A01C 21/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for planting seeds having a metering system positioned before a belt lowering system that has a sensor to detect the position of a seed on the belt lowering system. The rotational speed of the metering system and the belt lowering system are determined by the speed and location of a planter and the position of the seed on the belt lowering system to correct seed positioning with relation to a pre-mapped or selected field starting location.