A planter apparatus includes a seed meter including a housing assembly with a cover releasably connected to a shell. The housing assembly includes at least one opening formed therein adjacent a seed discharge area to promote the release of seeds from a disc rotatably attached to the housing assembly. The disc divides an interior of the housing assembly to include a vacuum chamber and a seed chamber. The disc including a plurality of openings formed adjacent a periphery of the disc. The planter apparatus may also include a singulator assembly having rotatably spools, a rotatable chute door, a disc having clusters of openings for simultaneous release, and a one-piece baffle.
申请公布号
US6109193(A)
申请公布日期
2000.08.29
申请号
US19980061084
申请日期
1998.04.15
申请人
CASE CORPORATION
发明人
CRABB, RICHARD J.;OZERS, GUNTIS;SLOWINSKI, DAVID N.;JOHNSON, CHAD M.;JOHNSON, DONALD;DUNHAM, LISLE J.;STUFFLEBEAM, JOHN F.;OLSON, THOMAS A.;BERRY, STEPHEN D.;BROWN, THOMAS;TIEDT, GERALD J.