US 11,980,121 B2
Agricultural pneumatic meters
Jose Roberto do Amaral Assy, Caldas Novas (BR); and Fernando Jorge Sanches, Sao Paulo (BR)
Assigned to DO AMARAL ASSY, JOSE ROBERTO, Caldas Novas-Go (BR)
Filed by Jose Roberto do Amaral Assy, Caldas Novas (BR)
Filed on Dec. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/134,004.
Claims priority of application No. 1020190280174 (BR), filed on Dec. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0195830 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. A01C 7/04 (2006.01)
CPC A01C 7/046 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pneumatic meter, comprising:
a rotating disk with a plurality of holes arranged radially, the plurality of holes defining a circular seed passage path when the rotating disk rotates;
a seed singulator positioned along the seed passage path for singulating seeds in the plurality of holes; and
a seed container structure positioned over the rotating disk along the circular seed passage path after the seed singulator, the seed container structure being shaped and positioned to block seeds that are not within the seed passage path and to allow seeds to pass that are within the seed passage path.