ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,864, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).
"Row unit clean out system and method" was invented by Andrew W. Harmon (Geneseo, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural machine comprises a central commodity storage tank configured to store commodity, a row unit having a hopper configured to receive the commodity from the tank and a meter configured to distribute the commodity from the hopper to the soil. A manifold assembly is positioned between the central storage tank and the hopper and includes a controllable valve configured to direct commodity. The controller moves the valve between positions to di...