Single seed container for multi row planter pivotable between ra

Details Single seed container for multi row planter pivotable between ra Single seed container for multi row planter pivotable between ra

1995-07-24

1997-04-29

Melius, Terry Lee

Planting

Miscellaneous

239651, A01C 1900

Patent

active

056238851

ABSTRACT:
A single laterally elongated seed hopper on a multi-row planter which can be pivoted from its elevated or raised operating position on the planter to a lowered position on the ground to the rear of the planter making it easier to re-fill with seed, including a hopper support member on the planter on which the hopper seats when in its raised operating position, a plurality of feeding tubes leading from discharge ports of the support member through which seed is fed from the hopper to respective ones of the plurality of seed planting assemblies that meter and deposit seed in each row being planted, pivot arms at each side connected between the hopper on each side thereof and support frames on each side of the planter to pivot the hopper between its raised operating position and its lowered re-filling position, and hydraulic cylinders connected to operate the pivot arms powered and controlled by the hydraulic system of the tractor which pulls the planter.

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