Patent ID: 8276530
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: A01C

Abstract:
1. A splitter for use with a bulk delivery system of an agricultural implement, comprising: an annular inlet port including an outer perimeter and having an inner perimeter formed by an opening extending therethrough, the inlet, a first annular outlet port, and a second annular outlet port; an annular conduit interconnecting the first annular outlet port and the second annular outlet port with the annular inlet port; the secondary annular outlet port including an outer perimeter and having an inner perimeter formed by an opening extending therethrough, the secondary outlet coupled to a portion of the inlet at a junction thereof and extending in a non-vertical orientation therefrom, the opening configured to be in pneumatic communication with the opening formed through the inlet, the junction of the inlet and secondary outlet configured such that a first portion of the outer perimeter of the secondary outlet forms an acute angle relative to its junction with the outer perimeter of the inlet, and a second portion of the outer perimeter of the secondary outlet opposite the first portion forms an obtuse angle relative to its junction with outer perimeter of the inlet, the secondary outlet configured to receive and substantially pneumatically move an air/product mixture therethrough along a second velocity vector when product fills the primary outlet and inlet up to the junction of the inlet and the secondary outlet such that the air/product mixture is moved upward through the secondary outlet along the second velocity vector, a bend formed in the conduit downstream of the second annular outlet port and upstream of the first annular outlet port, and wherein the bend causes the first annular outlet port to dispense product along a vertical downward flow path.