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

Claim 17:
18. The apparatus of claim 17 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;
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, and 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 fertilizer delivery conduit connected at an input end to each manifold port, and connected at an output end to a furrow opener mounted to the implement frame; and
wherein the seed container is mounted above the manifold, and the seed disc is rotatably mounted below the manifold with the supply conduit extending upward through an open middle portion of the seed disc and through an open middle portion of the dispensing plate, and wherein the seed chutes extend downward from the seed container to the seed disc between the fertilizer delivery conduits.