US 11,937,533 B2
Air entrainment device, systems, methods, and apparatus
Robert Blackwell, Williamsburg, IA (US); Dan Killpack, Williamsburg, IA (US); Dalton McDowell, Williamsburg, IA (US); and Matthew Wilhelmi, Williamsburg, IA (US)
Assigned to Kinze Manufacturing, Inc., Williamsburg, IA (US)
Filed by Kinze Manufacturing, Inc., Williamsburg, IA (US)
Filed on Dec. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/457,178.
Application 17/457,178 is a division of application No. 16/682,810, filed on Nov. 13, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/760,507, filed on Nov. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0087095 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A01C 7/08 (2006.01); A01C 15/00 (2006.01); B65G 53/12 (2006.01)
CPC A01C 7/082 (2013.01) [A01C 15/006 (2013.01); B65G 53/12 (2013.01); A01C 7/08 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for delivering seed from one or more hoppers to a row unit of a planter including a plurality of row units, the method comprising:
delivering seed from the one or more hoppers to a seed entrainer;
introducing airflow to the seed entrainer such that a first air stream of the airflow is combined with seed, and a second air stream bypasses the seed; and
recombining the first and second air streams of the airflow and seed at or near an outlet;
wherein the outlet comprises:
a first configuration comprising first and second outlets and wherein each of the first and second outlets are in fluid communication with separate row units of a planter, and
a second configuration wherein the outlet comprises a single outlet in fluid communication with a row unit of a planter.