US 12,269,042 B2
Systems and methods for processing crops harvested from fields
Walter J. Bates, Godrey, IL (US); Daniel Beisiegel, Latham, IL (US); Robert A. Brachtenbach, Stratton, CO (US); Sam S. Dalby, Grover, MO (US); William G. Henderson, Jr., Aiken, SC (US); and Christopher Wayne Noble, Arco, MN (US)
Assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC, Saint Louis, MO (US)
Filed by MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC, Saint Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/893,960.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/236,501, filed on Aug. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0064089 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B02C 4/28 (2006.01); B02C 4/16 (2006.01); B02C 11/04 (2006.01); B02C 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC B02C 4/286 (2013.01) [B02C 4/16 (2013.01); B02C 11/04 (2013.01); B02C 25/00 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for processing seeds collected from a field, the system comprising:
a hopper configured to hold seeds to be devitalized, the seeds collected from a field;
a mill configured to devitalize the seeds held in the hopper;
a spreader configured to discharge the devitalized seeds from the system and back into the field;
a first transport assembly interconnecting the hopper and the mill, the first transport assembly configured to transport the seeds from the hopper to the mill;
a second transport assembly interconnecting the mill and the spreader, the second transport assembly configured to transport the devitalized seeds from the mill to the spreader; and
a trailer;
wherein the hopper and the mill are disposed on a frame of the trailer; and
wherein the spreader is disposed generally below the frame of the trailer.