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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2018
Applicant:
Precision Planting Llc, Tremont, IL (US);
Inventors:
Derek A. Sauder, Tremont, IL (US);
Chad E. Plattner, Tremont, IL (US);
Assignee:
Precision Planting LLC, Tremont, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/00 (2005.12); A01C 9/00 (2005.12); A01C 7/04 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/046 (2012.12); Y10S 111/90 (2012.12);
Abstract
A pneumatic on-demand seed delivery system wherein seed from the auxiliary hopper enters the seed meter through an opening beginning rearward of the vertical axis of the seed meter. And a retrofit kit for existing on-demand seed delivery systems, and method of retrofitting such existing pneumatic on-demand seed delivery systems, so as to provide an auxiliary hopper that communicates seed to the seed meter through an opening beginning rearward of the vertical axis of the seed meter.