US 12,268,117 B2
Spreading machine
Thomas Wien, Stuhr (DE); Jan-Eike Lübben, Edewecht (DE); and Roland Arnold, Ganderkesee (DE)
Assigned to AMAZONEN-WERKE H. DREYER SE & CO. KG, Hasbergen (DE)
Filed by AMAZONEN-WERKE H. DREYER SE & CO. KG, Hasbergen (DE)
Filed on Mar. 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/600,474.
Application 18/600,474 is a continuation of application No. 17/914,291, granted, now 11,925,136, previously published as PCT/EP2021/058520, filed on Mar. 31, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 109 343.8 (DE), filed on Apr. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0237570 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01C 7/08 (2006.01); A01C 7/04 (2006.01); A01C 7/06 (2006.01)
CPC A01C 7/081 (2013.01) [A01C 7/042 (2013.01); A01C 7/06 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A spreading machine for precision seed drilling, the spreading machine comprising:
a seed hopper;
a fertilizer tank;
a plurality of spreading units, each of the plurality of spreading units comprising:
a pneumatically operated separating device operating with positive pressure, a separation air flow being supplied to the pneumatically operated separating device, and
a fertilizer application device;
conveying air-driven seed feeding device for providing seed from the seed hopper to the plurality of spreading units, wherein the separation air flow and a conveying air flow of the conveying air-driven seed feeding device are combinable in the respective pneumatically operated separating devices;
an energy-powered fertilizer supply device for providing fertilizer to the fertilizer application devices;
a plurality of separate energy suppliers for providing the separation air flow to the respective pneumatically operated separating devices, the conveying air to the conveying air-driven seed feeding device, and energy to the energy-powered fertilizer supply device;
a seed delivery channel for a delivery of the seed; and
a catcher roller arranged within a delivery area of the seed delivery channel and configured such that the seed is run over by the catcher roller to decelerate the seed.