Patent ID: 8141504
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: A01C,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A particulate material metering assembly for receiving a particulate material from an air seeding supply source and supplying and metering the particulate material to an air seeding apparatus, the assembly comprising: a plurality of supply receptacles for receiving particulate material from the air seeding supply source, each supply receptacle having an opening for receiving particulate material from the air seeding supply source and a lower portion where particulate material is supplied from each supply receptacle to the air seeding apparatus; a metering roller having a plurality of roll sections, each roll section positioned at or near the opening of a corresponding supply receptacle and rotatable to meter particulate material from the air seeding supply source into its corresponding supply receptacle; and a flow stopping device for selectively preventing particulate material from being metered by a selected number of roll sections into their corresponding supply receptacle and to the air seeding apparatus.