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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
May. 05, 2015
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Elijah B. Garner, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Daniel B. Thiemke, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
David J. Rylander, Victoria, IL (US);
Nathan A. Mariman, Geneseo, IL (US);
Michael E. Friestad, Rock Island, IL (US);
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A seeding machine with a seed meter and a seed delivery system for moving seed from a seed meter to a furrow formed in the soil. The delivery system has an endless member moving in a housing about pulleys to move seed from an upper opening in the housing to a lower discharge opening. In one embodiment, a loading wheel at the upper opening to the housing engages seed on a metering disk to move seed into the housing. The metering disk and housing can be arranged in planes parallel to one another.