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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 02, 2014
Applicant:

Cnh Industrial Canada, Ltd., Saskatoon, CA;

Inventors:

Jim Henry, Saskatoon, CA;

Mark Wileniec, Saskatoon, CA;

Assignee:

CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CA;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/08 (2006.01); A01C 7/10 (2006.01); B65G 53/46 (2006.01); B65G 67/22 (2006.01); A01C 15/00 (2006.01); A01B 69/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 67/22 (2013.01); A01C 7/081 (2013.01); A01C 7/102 (2013.01); A01C 15/003 (2013.01); A01C 15/006 (2013.01); B65G 53/4633 (2013.01); A01B 69/008 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system is provide for filling a pressurized tank of an air cart or other storage element while operating to deliver product to a ground engaging tool, such as for seeding or fertilizer placement. A rotary air lock coupled between a feeder and a storage tank includes a plurality of vanes providing pockets in between for holding particulate materials, The rotary air lock rotates the pockets from the feeder to a sealed area and from the sealed area to the storage tank, As such, the rotary air lock transfers the particulate materials to the storage tank while substantially maintaining a pressure in the storage tank. The system may be filled during, field operations, and a filling or conveyor system may be controlled via a vehicle to vehicle (V2V) operation.


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