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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2017
Applicant:
Precision Planting Llc, Tremont, IL (US);
Inventors:
Ryan Allgaier, East Peoria, IL (US);
Jason Stoller, Eureka, IL (US);
Assignee:
Precision Planting LLC, Tremont, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/04 (2006.01); A01C 7/20 (2006.01); A01C 7/10 (2006.01); A01C 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/046 (2013.01); A01C 7/105 (2013.01); A01C 7/206 (2013.01); A01C 21/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for controlling an agricultural implement having a plurality of row units. In some embodiments, seeds are planted by rotating a seed disc in a first direction; seeds are then unloaded from a seed disc into a seed pool by rotating the seed disc in a second direction. In some such embodiments an amount of rotation in the second direction is selected to ensure that seeds are released into the seed pool and not released from the seed meter.