US Patent Issued to J. & M. Manufacturing on Aug. 25 for "Seed tender with automatic conveyor positioning" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,705, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to J. & M. Manufacturing Co. Inc. (Ft. Recovery, Ohio).

"Seed tender with automatic conveyor positioning" was invented by Dustan Grieshop (Ft. Recovery, Ohio) and Brad Hemmelgarn (Ft. Recovery, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seed tender includes a supplying container configured to hold seed and a conveyor configured to transfer the seed to a receiving container. The seed tender includes first and second actuators configured to selectively control the movement of the conveyor. The seed tender includes a sensor system configured to detect at least one of an object in a path of movement of the...