US 12,464,973 B2
Seed capture devices for seed meters and related systems
Jose Roberto do Amaral Assy, Caldas Novas (BR); Claudio Chiba Kawasaki, Sao Paulo (BR); Duceni Alves de Souza, Diadema (BR); and Paulo Ricardo da Silva Pereira, Sao Paulo (BR)
Assigned to Jose Roberto Assy, Caldas Novas (BR)
Filed by Jose Roberto do Amaral Assy, Caldas Novas (BR)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/243,808.
Application 18/243,808 is a division of application No. 16/751,095, filed on Jan. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,839,175.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 0013281 (BR), filed on Jan. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0413718 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01C 7/12 (2006.01); A01C 7/20 (2006.01); A01C 19/02 (2006.01)
CPC A01C 7/127 (2013.01) [A01C 7/20 (2013.01); A01C 19/02 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for seed singulation and dispensation, the system comprising:
a seed meter including a seed disk;
a seed capture device coupled to the seed disk, the seed capture device positioned and configured for capturing seeds from the seed disk;
a seed transport element positioned and configured for transporting seeds from the seed capture device to soil for planting; and
a seed accelerator positioned and configured to accelerate seeds from at least one of the seed disk, the seed capture device, or the seed transport element.