Selective fan shaped material distributor

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9854731
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15606182

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A material distribution system includes: a chassis; a material tank carried by the chassis and configured to hold a material; and a header configured to receive and distribute material from the material tank entrained in an air flow. The header includes: a header body having a pair of sidewalls, an inlet configured to receive entrained material from the material tank and a plurality of outlets, the sidewalls defining a width therebetween that increases from the inlet toward the plurality of outlets; a valve associated with an outlet that is configured to switch between a distributing position and a purging position, the valve blocking its outlet in the purging position; and a plenum having a volume of air that is selectively in fluid communication with the plurality of outlets to provide a purging air flow to the outlet with the associated valve when the valve is in the purging position.

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CNH INDUSTRIAL CANADA LTD1000 71ST STREET EAST P O BOX 1928 SASKATOON SK S7K 3S5

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cote, Joshua Saskatoon, CA 2 25
Crooymans, Brennan Bow Island, CA 5 27
Denis, Joel Saskatoon, CA 26 207
Gervais, Joel Saskatoon, CA 12 120
Henry, James W Saskatoon, CA 151 1270
Schuba, Jonathan Melfort, CA 2 24

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