Patent ID: 6904851

Claim:
An air seeder comprising: a frame; a pair of ground engaging wheels; a first container having a bottom floor, an outer end wall, an opposite inner end wall, and side walls connecting said outer end wall and said opposite inner end wall; a second container having a bottom floor, an outer end wall, an opposite inner end wall, and side walls connecting said outer end wall and said opposite inner end wall; a first and second metering mechanism for distributing particulate material to the ground, said first metering mechanism being located adjacent to said second metering mechanism; a trough incorporated into said bottom floor of each of said first and second containers; an auger rotatably mounted in each of said troughs for transporting said particulate material along said corresponding bottom floor to said corresponding metering mechanism; and a motor for rotating each of said respective augers to convey said particulate material to said corresponding metering mechanism, each of said motors being initiated only when required to convey said particulate material to said respective first and second metering mechanisms.