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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2015
Applicant:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Inventors:
Elijah B. Garner, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Keith L. Felton, Sherrard, IL (US);
Kriss Helmick, Ottumwa, IA (US);
Kamalakannan Natarajan, Vellore, IN;
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/04 (2006.01); A01C 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/20 (2013.01); A01C 7/046 (2013.01);
Abstract
A row unit for a seeding machine includes a frame and a seed meter coupled to the frame. The seed meter has a metering member for singulating seeds. The metering member has a groove recessed from a surface of the metering member. The row unit also includes a ramp surface for guiding the singulated seeds from the metering member, the ramp surface being at least partially disposed in the groove.