Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Integrated commodity flow detection
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Application No.: US16910760Application Date: 2020-06-24
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Publication No.: US11711998B2Publication Date: 2023-08-01
- Inventor: Andrew W. Harmon
- 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: A01C7/08
- IPC: A01C7/08 ; A01C7/10 ; B65G53/08 ; B65G53/40 ; B65G53/56 ; B65G53/66

Abstract:
An air seeder assembly that has a tank for containing commodity, a meter assembly coupled to the tank and configured to selectively distribute commodity there through, a first conduit coupled to the meter assembly to direct commodity provided to the first conduit from the meter assembly to a tool assembly, a diverter that selectively diverts commodity to the first conduit, and a sensor coupled to the diverter to identify when commodity is passing thereby.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210127560A1 INTEGRATED COMMODITY FLOW DETECTION Public/Granted day:2021-05-06
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