Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multiple variety seed meter of a planter for planting multiple seed varieties
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Application No.: US16591945Application Date: 2019-10-03
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Publication No.: US11357164B2Publication Date: 2022-06-14
- Inventor: Christopher Schoeny , Chad Johnson
- Applicant: CNH Industrial American LLC
- Applicant Address: US PA New Holland
- Assignee: CNH Industrial American LLC
- Current Assignee: CNH Industrial American LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PA New Holland
- Agent Rebecca L. Henkel; Rickard K. DeMille
- Main IPC: A01C7/20
- IPC: A01C7/20 ; A01C7/08 ; A01C7/10 ; A01C21/00 ; A01C7/04 ; A01C15/00

Abstract:
A multiple variety seed meter for multi-variety row crop planting a segmented feed pipe system that may include a feed pipe with multiple passages that can be rotated to present one of multiple variety openings toward a seed pool in the seed meter to deliver a specific seed variety into the seed meter. The feed pipe may be an inner selector pipe concentrically nested for rotation in an outer sleeve that extends into the seed meter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200029494A1 Multiple Variety Seed Meter Of A Planter For Planting Multiple Seed Varieties Public/Granted day:2020-01-30
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