Fertilizer dispensing method
First Claim
1. A method of dispensing blended fertilizer to a customer at a dispensing site, said blended fertilizer blended from a plurality of standard fertilizer ingredients by a blending and dispensing apparatus, said method comprising the following steps:
- entering the blend of standard fertilizer ingredients required to provide said customer'"'"'s desired nutrients into a database identified with said customer, wherein said database is readable by a dispensing site based computer;
providing an identifier to a customer, said identifier recognizable by said site based computer;
presenting said identifier to said site based computer and entering into said site based computer the desired quantity of blended fertilizer to be dispensed;
said site based computer then operating said blending and dispensing apparatus to dispense the desired quantity of blended fertilizer to the customer in accordance with said customer'"'"'s desired fertilizer blend stored in the database.
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Abstract
A method for dispensing blended fertilizer to a customer at a dispensing site, which may be remote and unmanned. The fertilizer dealer enters the blend of standard fertilizer ingredients required to provide the customer'"'"'s desired nutrients into a database identified with the customer. The customer identifies himself to a dispensing site based computer which recognizes the blend and operates a blending and dispensing apparatus to dispense the desired quantity of blended fertilizer to the customer. A plurality of blends may be available to the customer.
11 Citations
13 Claims
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1. A method of dispensing blended fertilizer to a customer at a dispensing site, said blended fertilizer blended from a plurality of standard fertilizer ingredients by a blending and dispensing apparatus, said method comprising the following steps:
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entering the blend of standard fertilizer ingredients required to provide said customer'"'"'s desired nutrients into a database identified with said customer, wherein said database is readable by a dispensing site based computer;
providing an identifier to a customer, said identifier recognizable by said site based computer;
presenting said identifier to said site based computer and entering into said site based computer the desired quantity of blended fertilizer to be dispensed;
said site based computer then operating said blending and dispensing apparatus to dispense the desired quantity of blended fertilizer to the customer in accordance with said customer'"'"'s desired fertilizer blend stored in the database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 13)
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6. A method of dispensing liquid blended fertilizer to a customer'"'"'s tank at a dispensing site, said liquid blended fertilizer dispensed from a plurality of standard fertilizer ingredients by a dispensing apparatus, said method comprising the following steps:
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entering the blend of standard liquid fertilizer ingredients required to provide said customer'"'"'s desired blended fertilizer into a database identified with said customer, wherein said database is readable by a dispensing site based computer;
providing an identifier to a customer, said identifier recognizable by said site based computer;
presenting said identifier to said site based computer and entering into said site based computer the desired quantity of blended liquid fertilizer to be dispensed;
said site based computer then calculating the quantity of each liquid standard fertilizer ingredient required in the selected quantity of blended liquid fertilizer and then operating said dispensing apparatus to dispense the required amount of each liquid standard fertilizer ingredient into a tank one ingredient at a time. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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