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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2014
Kverneland As, Kvernaland, NO;
Ferdinand Schumacher, Lippetal-Oestinghausen, DE;
Volker Schanzenbach, Hagen a.T.W., DE;
KVERNELAND AS, Kvernaland, NO;
Abstract
A sowing heart control apparatus for controlling a sowing heart with a sowing heart monitoring apparatus having an evaluation unit for determining the occupancy of sowing holes of a rotating seed disk with a seed in operation. The evaluation unit delivers an actual value of the occupancy of one or more sowing holes. The sowing heart control apparatus, depending on a deviation of the actual occupancy value from a predetermined setpoint of the occupancy of one or more sowing holes, controlling actuating elements which influence the occupancy. The invention also relates to a sowing heart and a single seed drill.