Seed meter

There is disclosed herein a seed meter (100) for an agricultural planter, the seed meter (100) comprising: a seed disc (220) rotatable in a direction of travel, said seed disc (220) comprising: a seed side surface (140); a vacuum side; a plurality of seed apertures (222) disposed along a seed apertu...

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Main Author SAUDER, Derek A
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 21.01.2021
Subjects
CONVEYING
HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
PACKING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS
STORING
TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:There is disclosed herein a seed meter (100) for an agricultural planter, the seed meter (100) comprising: a seed disc (220) rotatable in a direction of travel, said seed disc (220) comprising: a seed side surface (140); a vacuum side; a plurality of seed apertures (222) disposed along a seed aperture path as said seed disc (220) rotates in said direction of travel; and a plurality of guide cavities (232) disposed adjacent to said seed apertures (222) on said vacuum side of said seed disc (220); and a seed ejector assembly (270) comprising a lever arm (275) supporting an ejector wheel (276) and a guide wheel (286), said lever arm (275) biased towards said vacuum side of said seed disc (220) such that said ejector wheel (276) engages said seed apertures (222) and said guide wheel (286) engages said guide cavities (232).
Bibliography:Application Number: AU20190264584