Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Planter and seed meter for planting multiple seed varities
- Patent Title (中): 播种机和播种机种植多种种子品种
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Application No.: US14098265Application Date: 2013-12-05
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Publication No.: US09360121B2Publication Date: 2016-06-07
- Inventor: Elijah B. Garner , Andrew J. Schwartz
- Applicant: Deere & Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Moline
- Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
- Current Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Moline
- Main IPC: F16K3/02
- IPC: F16K3/02 ; A01C7/04 ; A01C7/20 ; A01C21/00

Abstract:
A seed planter and seed meter for planting different seed varieties based on the location of the machine in a field. A movable gate switches between seed varieties. The gate in one embodiment has three positions; one position opening a first seed passage to the meter and closing a second seed passage, a second position opening the second seed passage and closing the first seed passage and a third position closing both the first and second seed passages. Two other gate embodiments have only two positions, each position opening one seed passage and closing the other.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140174330A1 PLANTER AND SEED METER FOR PLANTING MULTIPLE SEED VARITIES Public/Granted day:2014-06-26
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