Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Row unit for an agricultural planting implement
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Application No.: US15229303Application Date: 2016-08-05
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Publication No.: US10051782B2Publication Date: 2018-08-21
- Inventor: Matthew J. Wilhelmi , Dustan Hahn
- Applicant: Kinze Manufacturing, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IA Williamsburg
- Assignee: Kinze Manufacturing, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Kinze Manufacturing, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IA Williamsburg
- Agency: McKee, Voorhees & Sease, PLC
- Main IPC: A01C7/20
- IPC: A01C7/20 ; A01C5/06 ; A01C7/04 ; A01C21/00

Abstract:
A row unit for use with a planter includes a furrow creator and an apparatus for controlling the depth of furrow created. The furrow creator can be a blade and shank. A seed meter, for example, a positive pressure meter, can be included that provides precision planting of one or more particulates. The seed meter can be a single meter or can include more than one meter at each row unit, such as to provide for multi-hybrid or multi-particulate planting. The positive pressure can then be used to delivering the seed via a seed to ground device to plant the one or more particulates in the created furrow. The row unit as provided will be a more precise planting for both seed spacing and depth, as well as other planting characteristics.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170034995A1 ROW UNIT FOR AN AGRICULTURAL PLANTING IMPLEMENT Public/Granted day:2017-02-09
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