Patent ID: 6899042
Filing Date: 2005-05-31
Classification: A01C,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system for removing a supply of a product from a planting implement, the planting implement including a fluid pressure source operable to provide a forced fluid stream that is used in combination with at least one planting unit in the distribution of the product in an agricultural field, the pressure source being operable to generate a vacuum pressure, the system for removing the product comprising: an inlet line connected to communicate the vacuum pressure generated by the pressure source; a product separator having an first inlet, a second inlet, the first inlet connected to receive the vacuum pressure communicated from the pressure source via the inlet line, the product separator configured to provide the vacuum pressure to the second inlet; and a collection line connected to communicate the vacuum pressure at the second inlet of the product separator to a location of the supply of the product on the planting implement, wherein the vacuum pressure communicated by the collection line is operable to entrain the supply of the product in a combined product and forced air stream that is conveyed by the collection line to the second inlet of the product separator.