公开(公告)号：US20230151810A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-18

申请号：US17995215

申请日：2021-04-07

Applicant: Precision Planting LLC

Inventor： Matthew O'NEALL ,  Reid Harman

IPC: F04B53/22 ,  G01N33/24 ,  G01N1/38 ,  G01N1/40 ,  F04B43/02 ,  F04B43/00 ,  F04B43/04 ,  F04B43/06

CPC classification number: F04B53/22 ,  G01N33/24 ,  G01N1/38 ,  G01N1/4077 ,  F04B43/023 ,  F04B43/0054 ,  F04B43/043 ,  F04B43/06 ,  G01N2033/245

Abstract: An automated computer-controlled sampling system and related methods for collecting, processing, and analyzing agricultural samples for various chemical properties such as plant available nutrients. The sampling system allows multiple samples to be processed and analyzed for different analytes or chemical properties in a simultaneous concurrent or semi-concurrent manner. Advantageously, the system can process soil samples in the “as collected” condition without drying or grinding. The system generally includes a sample preparation sub-system which receives soil samples collected by a probe collection sub-system and produces a slurry (i.e. mixture of soil, vegetation, and/or manure and water), and a chemical analysis sub-system which processes the prepared slurry samples for quantifying multiple analytes and/or chemical properties of the sample. The sample preparation and chemical analysis sub-systems can be used to analyze soil, vegetation, and/or manure samples. A soil collection system is disclosed which captures and directs samples to the sampling system for processing.

公开(公告)号：US20210208036A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-08

申请号：US17144107

申请日：2021-01-07

Applicant: Precision Planting LLC

Inventor： Todd Swanson ,  Dale Koch ,  Kent Levy ,  Matthew O'Neall ,  Reid Harman ,  Timothy Schaefer ,  Adam Vaccari

IPC: G01N1/38 ,  G01N1/40 ,  G01N21/05 ,  G01N21/78 ,  G01N33/24 ,  G01N35/10

Abstract: An automated computer-controlled sampling system and related methods for collecting, processing, and analyzing agricultural samples for various chemical properties such as plant available nutrients. The sampling system allows multiple samples to be processed and analyzed for different analytes or chemical properties in a simultaneous concurrent or semi-concurrent manner. Advantageously, the system can process soil samples in the “as collected” condition without drying or grinding. The system generally includes a sample preparation sub-system which receives soil samples collected by a probe collection sub-system and produces a slurry (i.e. mixture of soil, vegetation, and/or manure and water), and a chemical analysis sub-system which processes the prepared slurry samples for quantifying multiple analytes and/or chemical properties of the sample. The sample preparation and chemical analysis sub-systems can be used to analyze soil, vegetation, and/or manure samples.