Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Plenum for air seeding machine and method of use
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Application No.: US16931807Application Date: 2020-07-17
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Publication No.: US11547038B2Publication Date: 2023-01-10
- Inventor: Sourabh Mukhopadhyay , Andrew W. Harmon , Ganesh Pu Nimbalkar , Vishaal Kamalapurkar
- Applicant: DEERE & COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US IL Moline
- Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
- Current Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Moline
- Agency: Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
- Agent Stephen F. Rost
- Main IPC: B65G53/52
- IPC: B65G53/52 ; A01C7/08 ; A01C7/20

Abstract:
An air flow system for an air seeding machine includes a tank configured to store an agricultural commodity, a plenum, conduits, and a blower configured to push air flow through the plenum and the conduits to the tank. The plenum includes a uniformly-sloped side wall and geometric first and second ends bounding the side wall. The plenum further includes bleed ports coupled to bleed conduits and configured to conduct air flow to an interior volume of the tanks. The plenum further includes primary ports coupled to primary conduits and configured to conduct air flow to the tanks. The primary conduits receive commodity from the tanks to be deposited in the soil. The geometry of the plenum facilitates an adequate balance of air flow between the primary and bleed conduits so that the commodity most-effectively enters the air stream conducted by the primary conduits.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210127557A1 PLENUM FOR AIR SEEDING MACHINE AND METHOD OF USE Public/Granted day:2021-05-06
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