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Baffle for unit hopper

  • US 6,581,532 B1
  • Filed: 12/18/2001
  • Issued: 06/24/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A seeding machine comprising:

  • a frame;

    a main hopper mounted to the frame;

    a planting unit pivotally mounted to the frame, the planting unit having a horizontal working position and a vertical transport position, the planting unit having a unit hopper and a seed meter for metering seed received from the unit hopper;

    a tube extends between the main hopper and the unit hopper for transmitting seed from the main hopper to the unit hopper, seed transmitted from the main hopper to the seed meter forms a seed puddle in the seed meter when the planting unit is in its horizontal working position;

    a baffle is located in the unit hopper for directing and holding seed, from the seed puddle, in the unit hopper, when the planting unit is pivoted from its horizontal working position to its vertical transport position, the baffle extends transversely across the unit hopper and is angled so that seed held in the unit hopper is returned to the seed meter when the planting unit is pivoted from its vertical transport position to its horizontal working position, the baffle has a convex surface for directing and holding seed in the unit hopper and a concave surface beneath which seed passes from the main hopper to the seed meter.

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