Planting – Drilling – Having depositor feature
Patent
1998-04-15
2000-08-29
Novosad, Christopher J.
Planting
Drilling
Having depositor feature
111900, 221211, 221264, 221266, A01C 704
Patent
active
061091936
ABSTRACT:
A planter apparatus includes a seed meter including a housing assembly with a cover releasably connected to a shell. The housing assembly includes at least one opening formed therein adjacent a seed discharge area to promote the release of seeds from a disc rotatably attached to the housing assembly. The disc divides an interior of the housing assembly to include a vacuum chamber and a seed chamber. The disc including a plurality of openings formed adjacent a periphery of the disc. The planter apparatus may also include a singulator assembly having rotatably spools, a rotatable chute door, a disc having clusters of openings for simultaneous release, and a one-piece baffle.
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Berry Stephen D.
Brown Thomas
Crabb Richard J.
Dunham Lisle J.
Johnson Chad M.
Case Corporation
Novosad Christopher J.
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