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公开(公告)号：US20230165197A1
公开(公告)日：2023-06-01
申请号：US17537615
申请日：2021-11-30
Applicant: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
Inventor： Martin J. Roberge
CPC classification number: A01G9/027 , A01G9/026 , G07C9/00182
Abstract: A container for growing plants includes a bottom wall, a first side wall extending perpendicular to the bottom wall, and a second side wall extending perpendicular to the bottom wall and parallel to the first side wall such that the bottom wall, the first side wall, and the second side wall at least partially define a plant growing chamber. Furthermore, the container includes a lid configured to selectively occlude access to the plant growing chamber. Additionally, one of the bottom wall, the first or second side walls, or the lid includes a rail and another of the bottom wall, the first or second side walls, or the lid defines a groove such that the rail of the container is configured to be received within a groove of a first adjacent container and the groove of the container is configured to receive a rail of a second adjacent container.
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公开(公告)号：US10822183B2
公开(公告)日：2020-11-03
申请号：US16574539
申请日：2019-09-18
Applicant: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
Inventor： Martin J. Roberge , Joel Denis , Rex L. Ruppert , Guillaume C. Boily
Abstract: The present invention is directed to an applicator having an agricultural product conveying system which transfers particulate material from one or more source containers to application equipment on demand, and meters the material at the application equipment. The conveying system includes an inline metering system including a number of metering devices associated with each compartment of a particulate material tank on the applicator to meter the particulate material disposed within each compartment. The individual metering devices include gates to initially enable the particulate material from a compartment to enter the metering device, and a rotary metering shaft to meter the flow of the particulate material into the conduits while limiting the passage of pressurized air through the metering device and into the compartment. The individual metering devices also include individual motors to control the operation of the metering devices independently from one another that can allow with sectional control and turning compensation.
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公开(公告)号：US20200337221A1
公开(公告)日：2020-10-29
申请号：US16395132
申请日：2019-04-25
Applicant: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
Inventor： Martin J. Roberge , Joel Gervais , Robin Schilling , Guillaume C. Boily
Abstract: A row unit of an agricultural seeding implement has a hoe opener assembly that may engage soil to form a trench in the soil and to deposit one or more agricultural products in the trench. The hoe opener assembly has a base structure having a mount and a nose removeably coupled to the base structure. The nose may form the trench in the soil. The hoe opener assembly also has a double shoot attachment removeably coupled to the mount. The double shoot attachment may separately deposit the fertilizer and the seeds into the trench. The hoe opener assembly also has a first conduit that may deliver the fertilizer to the double shoot attachment and a second conduit that may deliver the seeds to the double shoot attachment.
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公开(公告)号：US10751676B2
公开(公告)日：2020-08-25
申请号：US16542744
申请日：2019-08-16
Applicant: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
Inventor： Martin J. Roberge , Joel Denis , Rex L. Ruppert
Abstract: The present invention is directed to an applicator having an agricultural product mechanical and/or pneumatic conveying system which transfers particulate material from one or more source containers to application equipment on demand, and meters the material at the application equipment. The conveying system includes a static distributor interconnecting the supply lines of the conveying system with the distribution lines connected to the individual nozzles. The static distributor includes internal structures that effectively divert the incoming particulate material evenly across the interior of the static distributor such that the particulate material is evenly distributed into each of the distribution lines. The static distributor accomplishes this without the need for any moving parts or control systems/devices. In addition, damage done to the particulate material flowing through the distributor is not high, and the operation of the distributor creates a lower pressure drop across the distributor than prior art vertical distributors.
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公开(公告)号：US20200245535A1
公开(公告)日：2020-08-06
申请号：US16265428
申请日：2019-02-01
Applicant: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
Inventor： Robin Bruno Schilling , Martin J. Roberge
Abstract: A distribution and leveling system for a particulate material storage compartment includes an auger configured to be disposed within the particulate material storage compartment. The auger is configured to move particulate material across the particulate material storage compartment via rotation of the auger about a first rotational axis. The distribution and leveling system also includes an agitator positioned below the auger. The agitator is configured to agitate the particulate material via rotation of the agitator about a second rotational axis. In addition, the first rotational axis is substantially parallel to the second rotational axis, rotation of the auger and rotation of the agitator are independently controllable, and the first rotational axis and the second rotational axis are substantially aligned with one another along a longitudinal axis of the particulate material storage compartment.
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公开(公告)号：US10676291B2
公开(公告)日：2020-06-09
申请号：US15872089
申请日：2018-01-16
Applicant: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
Inventor： Ka Po Catherine Hui , Martin J. Roberge , Joël Jean-Claude Denis , Owen Robert Carlton , Dennis George Thompson
Abstract: A plenum of distributing a flow of air from an air source includes ports extending from a face element of a body. The ports are configured to direct the flow of air out of the plenum, and the ports are arranged on the face element in a first row having first length, a second row having a second length, and a third row having a third length. The first row is positioned proximate to the top element, the third row is positioned proximate to the bottom element, and the second row is positioned between the first row and the third row. In addition, the second length is greater than the first length and the third length, and a shape of the face element is configured to accommodate the first length of the first row, the second length of the second row, and the third length of the third row.
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公开(公告)号：US10543993B2
公开(公告)日：2020-01-28
申请号：US16176753
申请日：2018-10-31
Applicant: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
Inventor： Martin J. Roberge , Farid Adel Agina , Alexander G. DeMong
Abstract: A flow splitter for distributing agricultural products may include a splitter body defining an inlet port and a plurality of outlet ports. The flow splitter may also include at least two baffle plates positioned within the splitter body so as to divide an internal flow chamber of the splitter body into a plurality of downstream flow channels. Additionally, the flow splitter may include a divider plate positioned within the splitter body upstream of the baffle plates such that the divider plate is spaced apart from upstream edges of the baffle plates in a direction of the inlet port of the splitter body. The divider plate may be configured to initially divide an input flow of agricultural product received at the input port into two separate product flows for subsequently delivery into the plurality of downstream flow channels.
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公开(公告)号：US10427113B2
公开(公告)日：2019-10-01
申请号：US15652755
申请日：2017-07-18
Applicant: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
Inventor： Martin J. Roberge , Joel Denis , Rex L. Ruppert
Abstract: The present invention is directed to an applicator having an agricultural product mechanical and/or pneumatic conveying system which transfers particulate material from one or more source containers to application equipment on demand, and meters the material at the application equipment. The conveying system includes a static distributor interconnecting the supply lines of the conveying system with the distribution lines connected to the individual nozzles. The static distributor includes internal structures that effectively divert the incoming particulate material evenly across the interior of the static distributor such that the particulate material is evenly distributed into each of the distribution lines. The static distributor accomplishes this without the need for any moving parts or control systems/devices. In addition, damage done to the particulate material flowing through the distributor is not high, and the operation of the distributor creates a lower pressure drop across the distributor than prior art vertical distributors.
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公开(公告)号：US20190071266A1
公开(公告)日：2019-03-07
申请号：US16176918
申请日：2018-10-31
Applicant: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
Inventor： Martin J. Roberge , Farid Adel Agina , Alexander G. DeMong
CPC classification number: B65G53/528 , A01C7/082 , A01C7/206
Abstract: A flow splitter for distributing agricultural products may include a splitter body defining an inlet port and a plurality of outlet ports. The flow splitter may also include at least two baffle plates positioned within the splitter body so as to divide an internal flow chamber of the splitter body into a plurality of downstream flow channels. Additionally, the flow splitter may include a divider plate positioned within the splitter body upstream of the baffle plates such that the divider plate is spaced apart from upstream edges of the baffle plates in a direction of the inlet port of the splitter body. The divider plate may be configured to initially divide an input flow of agricultural product received at the input port into two separate product flows for subsequently delivery into the plurality of downstream flow channels.
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公开(公告)号：US20180343790A1
公开(公告)日：2018-12-06
申请号：US15613849
申请日：2017-06-05
Applicant: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
Inventor： Martin J. Roberge , Joel Denis , Rex L. Ruppert
Abstract: The present invention is directed to an applicator having an agricultural product mechanical conveying system which transfers particulate material metered into the mechanical conveying system from one or more source containers to the application equipment on demand, and meters the material at the application equipment. The mechanical conveying system employs longitudinal mechanical distributors that operate to move and mix the particulate material from one of the source containers or tanks along the mechanical distributor to a plenum. At the plenum the different types of particulate materials are further blended, such as within a particle injector, and delivered to the distribution nozzles for discharge from the applicator.
