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Agricultural air cart apparatus

  • US 10,448,562 B2
  • Filed: 09/12/2017
  • Issued: 10/22/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An agricultural air cart apparatus, comprising:

  • a storage container holding a product;

    first and second distribution lines adapted for receiving product from the storage container and transporting the product to corresponding first and second row units;

    first and second product metering systems communicating with the storage container, the first and second product metering systems regulating flows of product from the product hopper into the first and second distribution lines, respectively;

    a rotatable first fan being operatively connected to the first distribution line, the first fan having an intake and being configured such that rotation of the first fan draws a volume of air into the fan through the intake and outputs an air flow having a pressure into the first distribution line which entrains and carries the first supply of the product downstream toward a first row unit; and

    a rotatable second fan being operatively connected to the second distribution line, the second fan having an intake and being configured such that rotation of the second fan draws a volume of air into the second fan through the intake of the second fan and outputs an air flow having a pressure into the second distribution line which entrains and carries the second supply of the product downstream toward a second row unit; and

    a controller operable to adjust the pressures of the air flows outputted by the first and second fans.

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