Patent ID: 7409917
Filing Date: 2008-08-12
Classification: A01C

Abstract:
1. A method of conveying a supply of product from a hopper with forced air to a remote location, the method comprising the acts of: providing a nurse inductor assembly configured to generate a combined stream of air and entrained product, the nurse inductor assembly having a chamber operable to receive the supply of product from the hopper, an inlet tube operable to provide a stream of pressurized air into the chamber to create the combined stream of air and entrained product; and an outlet tube operable to communicate the combined stream of air and entrained product from the chamber; providing a selectively adjustable cover assembly between the inlet tube and the outlet tube; preventing product in the chamber from entering the outlet tube during the act of purging of the deposits of the product: and moving the cover assembly to selectively regulate a position of the supply of product in the chamber relative to either the inlet tube and the outlet tube.