Patent ID: 7743719

Claim:
An agricultural implement for distributing a granular product, the agricultural implement comprising: at least one ground engaging member for impacting the ground; a primary containment unit for holding and dispensing the granular product; a plurality of sections for secondary containment of the granular product; at least one dense phase delivery line running from the primary containment unit to each of the plurality of sections, each of the at least one dense phase delivery lines having a valve at an end of the at least one dense phase delivery line proximate each of the plurality of sections; and a transport control system including a conveying mechanism and a controller, the conveying mechanism configured to transport the granular product from the primary containment unit to each of the plurality of sections and the controller configured to separately open and close the valves to control a flow of the granular product from the at least one dense phase delivery line into each of the plurality of sections; wherein the transport control system allows for individual control of dense phase transport of the granular product from the primary containment unit to each of the plurality of sections via the at least one dense phase delivery line, wherein each of the plurality of sections separately includes a containment reservoir for containment of the granular product, a meter for metering the granular product, and a distributor for distributing the granular product.