US Patent Issued to AMAZONEN-WERKE H. DREYER on Feb. 18 for "Sowing machine and method for separating and spreading granular material" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,225,840, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to AMAZONEN-WERKE H. DREYER SE & Co. KG (Hasbergen, Germany).

"Sowing machine and method for separating and spreading granular material" was invented by Jan Flucke (Hude, Germany), Jan-Eike Luebben (Edewecht, Germany) and Thomas Wien (Stuhr, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sowing machine and a method for separating and spreading granular material, such as seed or the like, are described, where the material is supplied by way of conveying airflows from a central container to metering devices via conveying ducts respectively associated with them. Furthermore, the material supplied in the co...