Planting – Drilling – Having depositor feature
Patent
1996-08-20
1998-11-24
Will, Thomas B.
Planting
Drilling
Having depositor feature
111181, 221211, 221273, A01C 700
Patent
active
058393781
ABSTRACT:
A seed agitating assembly for a seed metering mechanism including a housing with a seed reservoir area wherein a mass of seeds are held and a rotatable seed disc internally carried by the housing. The seed disc is provide with a circular array of holes or throughopenings for captively transferring seeds from the seed reservoir to a seed discharge area on the seed metering mechanism. The seed discharge area is typically arranged in spaced relation from the seed reservoir. A rotary drive shaft extends endwise through the housing for imparting rotational movements to the seed disc. According to the present invention, a seed agitator assembly is provided for stirring or agitating the seeds in the seed reservoir. The seed agitating assembly includes a generally circular or plate-like member that is operably coupled to the drive shaft. The seed agitating assembly further includes a plurality of flexible arms carried by and radially extending beyond the periphery of the plate-like member for agitating the seeds in the seed reservoir as the plate-like member is rotatably propelled by the drive shaft.
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Dunham Lisle J.
Olson Thomas A.
Stufflebeam John F.
Batson Victor
Case Corporation
Speer Richard A.
Will Thomas B.
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