Patent ID: 11933651
Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A seeding system comprising:
a commodity tank configured to store a commodity, the commodity tank having an outlet;
a meter having a meter inlet at the outlet of the commodity tank, a meter outlet, and a metering device between the meter inlet and the meter outlet;
a manifold having a commodity inlet at the meter outlet, a first shoot having a first air inlet and a first manifold outlet, and a second shoot having a second air inlet and a second manifold outlet; and
a valve positioned upstream of the first and second air inlets and configured to selectively direct an airflow to the first air inlet and to selectively direct the airflow to the second air inlet,
wherein each of the first shoot and the second shoot is in selective communication with the commodity inlet to receive the commodity therefrom,
wherein the first air inlet provides the airflow to the first shoot, and wherein the commodity inlet provides the commodity to the first shoot separate from the airflow, and
wherein the second air inlet provides the airflow to the second shoot, and wherein the commodity inlet provides the commodity to the second shoot separate from the airflow.