US 12,066,359 B2
Agricultural sampling system and related methods
Todd Swanson, Morton, IL (US); Dale Koch, Tremont, IL (US); Kent Levy, Morton, IL (US); Matthew O'Neall, Ellsworth, IL (US); Hayden Splechter, Tremont, IL (US); Reid Harman, Trivoli, IL (US); Timothy Schaefer, Tremont, IL (US); and Adam Vaccari, Tremont, IL (US)
Assigned to Precision Planting LLC, Tremont, IL (US)
Appl. No. 17/258,723
Filed by Precision Planting LLC, Tremont, IL (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 10, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/055862
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 7, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/012369, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/696,271, filed on Jul. 10, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/729,623, filed on Sep. 11, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/745,606, filed on Oct. 15, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/792,987, filed on Jan. 16, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/829,807, filed on Apr. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/860,297, filed on Jun. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0285869 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. G01N 1/08 (2006.01); A01C 23/00 (2006.01); B01D 19/00 (2006.01); B01D 21/26 (2006.01); B01D 29/11 (2006.01); B01F 23/53 (2022.01); B01F 23/80 (2022.01); B01F 25/30 (2022.01); B01F 25/54 (2022.01); B01F 27/1125 (2022.01); B01F 27/808 (2022.01); B01F 27/906 (2022.01); B01F 35/00 (2022.01); B01F 35/10 (2022.01); B01F 35/21 (2022.01); B01F 35/45 (2022.01); B04B 5/04 (2006.01); F04B 43/06 (2006.01); G01G 17/04 (2006.01); G01N 1/38 (2006.01); G01N 1/40 (2006.01); G01N 21/05 (2006.01); G01N 21/25 (2006.01); G01N 21/78 (2006.01); G01N 33/24 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/10 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); B01F 23/50 (2022.01); B01F 101/00 (2022.01); B01F 101/23 (2022.01)
CPC G01N 1/08 (2013.01) [A01C 23/007 (2013.01); B01D 19/00 (2013.01); B01D 21/262 (2013.01); B01D 29/112 (2013.01); B01F 23/53 (2022.01); B01F 23/807 (2022.01); B01F 23/808 (2022.01); B01F 25/30 (2022.01); B01F 25/54 (2022.01); B01F 27/11253 (2022.01); B01F 27/808 (2022.01); B01F 27/906 (2022.01); B01F 35/1452 (2022.01); B01F 35/187 (2022.01); B01F 35/2117 (2022.01); B01F 35/453 (2022.01); B04B 5/0421 (2013.01); F04B 43/06 (2013.01); G01G 17/04 (2013.01); G01N 1/38 (2013.01); G01N 1/4055 (2013.01); G01N 1/4077 (2013.01); G01N 21/05 (2013.01); G01N 21/251 (2013.01); G01N 21/78 (2013.01); G01N 33/24 (2013.01); G01N 35/00584 (2013.01); G01N 35/1004 (2013.01); G01N 35/1095 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); B01D 2201/4092 (2013.01); B01F 23/581 (2022.01); B01F 2101/005 (2022.01); B01F 2101/23 (2022.01); G01N 2001/4061 (2013.01); G01N 2001/4083 (2013.01); G01N 2001/4088 (2013.01); G01N 2033/245 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00188 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00475 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00495 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00514 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An agricultural sample analysis system comprising in communication:
an inlet;
a mixing device connected to the inlet to receive a quantity of a sample from the inlet, the sample comprising agricultural solid particles;
a measurement device comprising a sample collection and volumizing station fluidly coupled to and upstream of the mixing device, the sample collection and volumizing station comprising a pair of inline valves which receive the sample from the inlet and a volumization chamber fluidly coupled to a flow passage between the valves and a source of pressurized air, the volumization chamber being operable to pressurize the sample to determine a mass of the sample;
a water pump fluidly coupled to and configured to pump water into the mixing device;
the mixing device comprising a motor-operated mixer including a cavity to receive the sample and water, and a rotatable mixing blade disposed in the cavity, the mixer being configured and operable to prepare a slurry comprising the agricultural solid particles and water;
a separation device fluidly coupled to the mixing device to receive the slurry, the separation device comprising a centrifuge or a filter media operable to separate a test material from the slurry;
an analysis cell fluidly coupled to the separation device for receiving the test material;
wherein the analysis cell is configured and operable to illuminate the test material and measure an analyte in the test material.