Patent ID: 11877533
Assignee: PRECISION PLANTING LLC
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 8:
9. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:
a first loading wheel disposed adjacent to said seed release location, said first loading wheel having an outer peripheral diameter and driven in a first rotational direction about a rotation axis disposed radially outward from said outer seed path;
a second loading wheel disposed adjacent to said seed release location, said second loading wheel having an outer peripheral diameter and driven in a second rotational direction about a rotation axis disposed radially inward from said inner seed path, said second rotational direction of said second loading wheel being opposite said first rotational direction of said first loading wheel, whereby a distance between said outer peripheral diameters of said first and second loading wheels defines a seed gap at said seed release location;
wherein as said entrained seed on said outer and inner seed paths rotate toward said seed gap, said entrained seed enter between said outer peripheral diameters of said first and second loading wheels, the seed being released by said first and second loading wheels into said upper end of said seed conveyor.