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Method and apparatus for automated opening and dispensing of seed from a container

  • US 9,745,094 B2
  • Filed: 12/08/2015
  • Issued: 08/29/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An automatic opener and dispenser, comprising:

  • a packet receiver comprising a first packet receptacle and a second packet receptacle, said packet receiver moveably supported by a support, said packet receiver sized, shaped and configured to receive and support two packets simultaneously in the first packet receptacle and the second packet receptacle;

    a packet opener supported by said support and positioned relative to said packet receiver to allow said packet opener to selectively open a packet supported by one of said first packet receptacle and said second packet receptacle;

    an automatic drive supported by said support and operably connected to said packet receiver, said automatic drive operable to actuate said packet receiver through a cyclical movement comprising a plurality of cycles, each cycle of the plurality of cycles including;

    a first packet opening/second packet dispensing stage corresponding to a position of the packet receiver in which the first packet receptacle is positioned such that said packet opener is operable to open a packet supported in said first packet receptacle and said second packet receptacle is simultaneously positioned such that an opened packet supported in said second packet receptacle is positioned such that a content of the opened packet is dispensed, anda first packet dispensing/second packet opening stage corresponding to a position of the packet receiver in which the first packet receptacle is positioned such that an opened packet supported in said first packet receptacle is positioned such that a content of the opened packet is dispensed and said second packet receptacle is simultaneously positioned such that said packet opener is operable to open a packet supported in said second packet receptacle,said packet receiver sized, shaped and configured to simultaneously support packets in both said first packet receptacle and said second packet receptacle in both said first packet opening/second packet dispensing stage and said first packet dispensing/second packet opening stage.

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