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Seed singulator

USRE46461E1 · kind E1 · reissue

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Filing dateMar 16, 2015
Grant dateJul 4, 2017
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Expiry dateMar 16, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC —)General

Abstract

A seed singulator for use with a vacuum disk having a seed face and a shoulder. The seed singulator has a first member and a second member supported by biasing members. The first member has upper lobes disposed at a radius of curvature slightly less than the outside radius of a row of apertures on a seed plane of the vacuum disk. The seed member has lower lobes disposed at a radius of curvature slightly greater than the inside radius than the row of apradius. The biasing members permit the lobes to move with the seed plane and the shoulder as the vacuum disk rotates thereby maintaining their position with respect to the apertures.

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