Patent ID: 11917935
Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
Field: Food chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A

Claim 17:
18. A method of treating seeds comprising:
loading seeds into a mixing chamber of a body of a seed treater having a generally vertical axis, the body including an upper stator having an annular inner surface extending around the vertical axis of the mixing chamber and defining an upper portion of the mixing chamber, and a lower rotor having a generally concave inner surface defining a lower portion of the mixing chamber;
rotating the lower rotor of the mixing chamber relative to the upper stator about the vertical axis so that the seeds within the mixing chamber flow upward along the generally concave inner surface to the annular inner surface of the upper stator;
delivering a seed treatment formulation into the mixing chamber; and
at least one of: retracting a baffle relative to the mixing chamber, and extending a baffle relative to the mixing chamber.