US 11,730,079 B2
Planter with high speed seed delivery apparatus
Matthew Wilhelmi, Williamsburg, IA (US); Dustan Hahn, Tampa, FL (US); Philip Willis, Williamsburg, IA (US); Dean Martin, Williamsburg, IA (US); Dalton McDowell, Williamsburg, IA (US); and Gary Newell, Williamsburg, IA (US)
Assigned to Kinze Manufacturing, Inc., Williamsburg, IA (US)
Filed by Kinze Manufacturing, Inc., Williamsburg, IA (US)
Filed on Oct. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/949,302.
Application 16/949,302 is a continuation of application No. 16/146,536, filed on Sep. 28, 2018, granted, now 10,842,072.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/596,350, filed on Dec. 8, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/565,881, filed on Sep. 29, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0037699 A1, Feb. 11, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01C 7/20 (2006.01); A01C 7/16 (2006.01); A01C 7/12 (2006.01); A01C 7/04 (2006.01)
CPC A01C 7/20 (2013.01) [A01C 7/046 (2013.01); A01C 7/126 (2013.01); A01C 7/16 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An agricultural planting implement, comprising:
a plurality of row units, wherein each row unit of the plurality includes:
a seed meter with a seed exit, said seed meter including a seed disc having a plurality of seed apertures radially spaced to form a seed path and a curved portion radially external the seed path; and
a seed conveyor in communication with the seed meter to receive seed from the seed meter, wherein the seed conveyor is adapted to move the seed towards an ejection location proximate to a bottom of a furrow and is adapted to eject the seed with substantially no horizontal velocity relative to the bottom of the furrow.