公开(公告)号：EP2326159A2

公开(公告)日：2011-06-01

申请号：EP09808892.5

申请日：2009-08-21

申请人： PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.

发明人： COPE, Jason ,  MONGAN, Josh ,  SANDAHL, Gary, A.

IPC分类号： A01C1/00

CPC分类号： B07C5/344 ,  A01H1/04

摘要： A method, apparatus, and system for coating, singulating, aligning, ablating, and indexing a number of seeds for testing is described. The apparatus has a carrier designed to hold seeds in a predetermined alignment for ablating a seed sample from a seed portion, the seed portions are indexed to the seed samples. The carrier is then located on the apparatus which delivers the seed samples from the carrier to a collector for laboratory testing.

公开(公告)号：EP2223074A2

公开(公告)日：2010-09-01

申请号：EP08861466.4

申请日：2008-12-16

申请人： Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc.

发明人： BECKER, Steven, M. ,  COPE, Jason ,  KURTH, David ,  MONGAN, Josh

IPC分类号： G01N1/04 ,  G01N1/28

CPC分类号： G01N1/286 ,  G01N2035/0425 ,  Y10T83/0448 ,  Y10T83/202

摘要： An apparatuses, methods and systems for creating, handling and collecting seed portions are highly beneficial. The apparatus (10) includes a carrier (14) having one or more carrying positions (22) adapted to carry a seed (34). The carrying positions having a seed orienter (24) adapted to orient the seed (34) relative to the carrying position in the carrier for creating seed portions therefrom. The method includes taking a carrier (14) having one or more carrying positions (22), orienting a seed relative to the carrying position in the carrier, ablating the seed with a seed ablation device (36), and communicating seed portions through a manifold (12) into a compartment layer (18). The system includes a seed manifold (12) adapted to dock thereon a seed (3) carrier (14) having pre-positioned and pre-oriented seed (34) therein. Seed and seed portions removed from the seed in the carrier are communicated into a collector (104) and compartment layer (18) respectively using the seed manifold (12).