Agricultural air cart assembly with individually controllable air flow in the product distribution lines
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1. An agricultural air cart assembly for transmitting a controlled volume of product from a storage container to a plurality of row units for depositing the product on an agricultural field, comprising:
- a first distribution line for receiving a first supply of the product from the storage container therein;
a rotatable first fan being operatively connected to the first distribution line, the rotatable first fan having an intake and being configured such that rotation of the rotatable first fan draws a volume of air into the rotatable first 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;
a first fan shroud movable between a fully opened position spaced from the intake of the rotatable first fan and a closed position wherein the first fan shroud overlaps the intake of the rotatable first fan and prevents the output of the air flow from the rotatable first fan;
a second distribution line for receiving a second supply of the product from the storage container therein;
a rotatable second fan being operatively connected to the second distribution line, the rotatable second fan having an intake and being configured such that rotation of the rotatable second fan draws a volume of air into the rotatable second fan through the intake of the rotatable 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 second fan shroud movable between a fully opened position spaced from intake of the rotatable second fan and a closed position wherein the second fan shroud overlaps the intake of the rotatable second fan and prevents the output of the air flow from the rotatable second fan.
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Abstract
The agricultural product application equipment, and in particular, to an agricultural air cart assembly where each distribution line is a self-contained unit with movable shroud portion that provides greater airflow control in each of the product distribution lines.
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1. An agricultural air cart assembly for transmitting a controlled volume of product from a storage container to a plurality of row units for depositing the product on an agricultural field, comprising:
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a first distribution line for receiving a first supply of the product from the storage container therein; a rotatable first fan being operatively connected to the first distribution line, the rotatable first fan having an intake and being configured such that rotation of the rotatable first fan draws a volume of air into the rotatable first 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; a first fan shroud movable between a fully opened position spaced from the intake of the rotatable first fan and a closed position wherein the first fan shroud overlaps the intake of the rotatable first fan and prevents the output of the air flow from the rotatable first fan; a second distribution line for receiving a second supply of the product from the storage container therein; a rotatable second fan being operatively connected to the second distribution line, the rotatable second fan having an intake and being configured such that rotation of the rotatable second fan draws a volume of air into the rotatable second fan through the intake of the rotatable 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 second fan shroud movable between a fully opened position spaced from intake of the rotatable second fan and a closed position wherein the second fan shroud overlaps the intake of the rotatable second fan and prevents the output of the air flow from the rotatable second fan. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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