US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on April 21 for "Seed meter with vacuum producing device and controlled outlet pressure" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,792, issued on April 21, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Seed meter with vacuum producing device and controlled outlet pressure" was invented by Joseph D. Bassett (Sycamore, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seed meter for agricultural planters is provided. The seed meter includes a seed disk provided in a seed disk housing. The seed meter includes a vacuum producing device configured to generate a vacuum pressure in the seed disk housing for loading seed onto the seed disk. The seed meter includes an outlet coupled to the seed disk housing. The outlet has an outlet pressure for ejecting the loaded seed from the see...