Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automated plant product sampler
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Application No.: US15755012Application Date: 2016-08-10
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Publication No.: US10746632B2Publication Date: 2020-08-18
- Inventor: Danny Michael Petty, Jr. , Tedman William Ahrens , Lance Eric Layton , Jamie Lee Ayers , Douglas James Brune , Jared Lee Pounds , Luke Wayne Carpenter , Chet Matthew Barber
- Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLC
- Applicant Address: US MO St. Louis
- Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
- Current Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MO St. Louis
- Agency: Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2016/046280 WO 20160810
- International Announcement: WO2017/034799 WO 20170302
- Main IPC: G01N1/02
- IPC: G01N1/02 ; G01N1/18 ; A01D93/00 ; G01N1/08 ; G01N33/02 ; A01D46/08

Abstract:
A system for sampling of plant product is provided that comprises a mobile platform, at least one primary bin, and a harvesting subsystem connected to the mobile platform. The harvesting subsystem harvests the plant product as the system traverses a plot and projects it across the length of the primary bin(s) against a back wall of the primary bin(s), whereby the separated plant products collides with the back wall and falls into the primary bin. The system additionally includes at least one sample volumizer connected to the back wall of each primary bin. Each sample volumizer has a specified fixed volume and receives and collects a sample of the plant product, wherein each collected sample collected has the specified fixed volume. The system further includes at least one sample receiving subsystem structured and operable to receive and collect a sample from a respective sample volumizer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190368975A1 AUTOMATED PLANT PRODUCT SAMPLER Public/Granted day:2019-12-05
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