Seed planter apparatus and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6564730
APP PUB NO 20020050238A1
SERIAL NO

10025719

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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.

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CNH AMERICA LLC500 DILLER AVENUE P O BOX 1895 M S 641 NEW HOLLAND PA 17557
BLUE LEAF I P INC1100 N MARKET STREET 4TH FLOOR SUITE 4010 WILMINGTON DE 19890

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Berry, Stephen D Plainfield, IL 39 806
Brown, Thomas Romeoville, IL 60 958
Crabb, Richard J Naperville, IL 9 297
Dunham, Lisle J Downers Grove, IL 34 612
Johnson, Chad M Lockport, IL 112 1126
Johnson, Donald Lockport, IL 64 1418
Olson, Thomas A Bolingbrook, IL 25 553
Ozers, Guntis Woodridge, IL 19 397
Slowinski, David N Naperville, IL 9 247
Stufflebeam, John F Romeoville, IL 23 572
Tiedt, Gerald J Willow Springs, IL 9 216

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