Patent ID: 8166895
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: A01C

Abstract:
1. A metering apparatus for metering variable volumes of a granular product to a product distributor, comprising: (a) a unitary meter roller comprising a common drive shaft and a plurality of singly and individually removable and changeable meter roller sections, each meter roller section singly and individually slidably mounted onto the drive shaft, each meter roller section having a plurality of radially extending ridges defining product receiving valleys having a volume, and each meter roller section dispensing a specific volume of the granular product per rotation of the unitary meter roller; and (b) at least one meter roller section of the unitary meter roller having product receiving valleys of a different volume than the other meter roller sections of the unitary meter roller; whereby the overall volume of the granular product dispensed per rotation of the unitary meter roller can thereby be varied by varying the number of meter roller sections having product receiving valleys of the different volume in the unitary meter roller.