Patent ID: 9510501
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: A01C,B65G,G01F

Claim Text:
1. Agricultural distributor ( 1 ) for dispensing granular or granulated material from at least one storage container to at least one distributing device, comprising at least one storage container ( 2 ) for metered delivery to a pneumatic transport system ( 3 ) and of at least one distributing device ( 5 ) connected to the pneumatic transport system ( 3 ), whereby the metering system ( 4 ) is allocated at least one driven cell wheel ( 7 ) rotating around a practically vertical axle ( 6 ) from which axle ( 6 ) several rib-type elements ( 8 ) stretch to the outside around the circumference of the cell wheel ( 7 ) and form the cell chambers ( 9 ) that divide the cell wheel ( 7 ), whereby the respective cell chambers ( 9 ) are limited at the side by a casing ( 10 ) reaching to the perimeter of the cell wheel ( 7 ), whereby an inlet opening ( 11 ) for the inflow of material into the cell chambers ( 9 ), which stretches in its profile over at least one partition of the cell wheel ( 7 ) or a cell chamber ( 9 ), is formed above the cell chambers ( 9 ) in the upper section of the metering system ( 4 ), whereby the casing ( 10 ) of the cell wheel ( 7 ) at the side and approximately opposite to the inlet opening ( 11 ) of the storage containers ( 2 ) has a discharge opening ( 12 ) that stretches in its profile at the perimeter of the casing ( 10 ) and at least over one partition of the cell wheel ( 7 ) or a cell chamber ( 9 ), whereby the discharge opening ( 12 ) for the material discharge is connected at least indirectly with the pneumatic transport system ( 3 ), whereby the inlet opening ( 11 ) and the discharge opening ( 12 ) are formed in such a way that at least one partition of the cell wheel ( 7 ) or a cell chamber ( 9 ) separate the inlet opening ( 11 ) and the discharge opening ( 12 ) from one another, wherein the volumes of the cell chambers ( 9 ) in the lower section of the cell wheel ( 7 ) are defined or limited by one or more partition elements ( 13 ) movable in an axial direction to the cell wheel ( 7 ), whose axial distance (a) to the upper edge of the rib-type elements ( 8 ) is designed to be adjustable.