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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Inventor:
Elijah B. Garner, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Assignee:
Deer & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/20 (2006.01); A01C 7/04 (2006.01); A01C 7/16 (2006.01); A01C 5/06 (2006.01); A01C 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/163 (2013.01); A01C 5/062 (2013.01); A01C 7/046 (2013.01); A01C 7/206 (2013.01); A01C 21/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
An agricultural seeding machine comprises, in one example, a seed delivery system configured to deliver seeds to at least one trench by two or more substantially gravity-drop channels, and a seed metering system comprising a rotating meter element configured to singulate seeds from a seed source into the two or more channels.