PLANTER SEED METER WITH ACCELERATOR WHEEL SYSTEM

摘要

The present invention is directed to a planter with seed meters with accelerator wheel systems. Each accelerator wheel system receives singulated seeds from a respective seed meter and spaces the seeds with respect to each other to correct timing and thus spacing anomalies of seeds being released from seed disks of the seed meters at incorrect seed disk release events and to adjust the velocity of the seeds to correspond to planter travel speed for releasing the seeds to drop straight down onto the field, without a horizontal velocity. Spacing and timing is also improved by reducing delivery variation typically attributable to bounce down a seed tube by instead smoothly rotationally redirecting seeds from a generally downward delivery direction from a seed disk to a generally horizontal delivery direction out of the accelerator wheel system, opposite the tractor and implement travel direction.