Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Active system for optimization and plugging avoidance of seed/fertilizer in transport conducts
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Application No.: US16159022Application Date: 2018-10-12
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Publication No.: US10791727B2Publication Date: 2020-10-06
- Inventor: Martin J. Roberge , Rex L. Ruppert , Bradley D. Hansen
- Applicant: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: CA Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- Agent Rebecca L. Henkel; Rickard K. DeMille
- Main IPC: A01C7/08
- IPC: A01C7/08 ; A01M7/00 ; A01C15/04

Abstract:
An agricultural implement has a product supply chamber, and a pair of transversely extending product delivering booms, each with a plurality of conduits of varying lengths terminating in product distributing nozzles. A fan supplies air to a mixing chamber which also receives product from the supply chamber providing an air entrained flow of product to each conduit. A controller monitors product delivery and controls implement operation. Each conduit has a pressure tap near the nozzle for providing the controller with a pressure differential indication. The controller initiates a corrective action modifying the operation of the delivery system when a predetermined pressure differential threshold is exceeded. The corrective action may include an increased air flow volume, an additional burst of higher pressure air into the conduit, a temporary increase in air flow from the air flow source, or a reduction in the rate of product flow from the supply chamber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190045772A1 ACTIVE SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZATION AND PLUGGING AVOIDANCE OF SEED/FERTILIZER IN TRANSPORT CONDUCTS Public/Granted day:2019-02-14
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