Patent ID: 11930735
Assignee: BOURGAULT INDUSTRIES LTD.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  Y | IPC A

Claim 5:
6. The system of claim 1 comprising a fertilizer product tank and a fertilizer meter apparatus operative to dispense a fertilizer product from the fertilizer product tank into a primary air stream flowing through a primary conduit and wherein each product distributor comprises:
a substantially vertically oriented supply conduit mounted on the implement frame and connected to the primary conduit and operative to receive a portion of the primary air stream;
a manifold mounted on an upper end of the supply conduit, wherein the manifold is operative to direct a final air stream out of the manifold through each of a plurality of manifold ports spaced around a circumference of the manifold;
a plurality of fertilizer delivery conduits, each connected at an input end to one of the manifold ports, and connected at an output end to one of the furrow openers;
wherein the supply conduit extends upward through the seed container.