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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Inventors:
Michael E. Frasier, Iowa City, IA (US);
Scott C. McCartney, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Assignee:
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/18 (2006.01); A01C 7/20 (2006.01); B65G 53/04 (2006.01); B65G 53/46 (2006.01); B65G 53/60 (2006.01); A01C 7/06 (2006.01); A01C 7/08 (2006.01); A01C 15/00 (2006.01); A01C 7/10 (2006.01); A01C 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/06 (2013.01); A01C 7/081 (2013.01); A01C 7/082 (2013.01); A01C 7/084 (2013.01); A01C 15/00 (2013.01); B65G 53/04 (2013.01); B65G 53/46 (2013.01); B65G 53/60 (2013.01); A01C 7/102 (2013.01); A01C 15/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A seeding system includes a storage tank operable to store a plurality of seeds and a dispersion unit configured to disperse some of the plurality of seeds amongst a plurality of conduits. The dispersion unit includes a sensor. A meter is operable to transfer the some of the plurality of seeds from the storage tank to the dispersion unit. The sensor is operable to produce a signal to control the transfer from the storage tank to the dispersion unit.