Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Planter with seed delivery apparatus
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Application No.: US16690376Application Date: 2019-11-21
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Publication No.: US11558996B2Publication Date: 2023-01-24
- Inventor: Matthew J. Wilhelmi , Marvin Bachman , Dustan Hahn , Michael J. Myers , Vaughan Stevenson , Robert Blackwell , Courtney N. Achen
- Applicant: Kinze Manufacturing, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IA Williamsburg
- Assignee: Kinze Manufacturing, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Kinze Manufacturing, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IA Williamsburg
- Agency: McKee, Voorhees & Sease, PLC
- Main IPC: A01C7/20
- IPC: A01C7/20 ; A01C7/04

Abstract:
An agricultural implement includes a number of row units. The row units include one or more seed meters for receiving, singulating, and dispensing seed to the ground such that preferred spacing of subsequent seed is attained. Seed delivery systems are included to aid in transporting the seed from the seed meter to the ground in a controlled manner to mitigate skips and to aid in controlling the spacing of the seeds, which can be based upon the ground speed of the implement as it moves through the field. The seed delivery systems can control the transport of the seed to a furrow in the field such that the seed can experience zero or near zero relative velocity so that the seed will have little to no movement once positioned in the furrow.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200084957A1 PLANTER WITH SEED DELIVERY APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-03-19
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