Abstract: A seed treater having upper and lower ends includes a mixing bowl. The mixing bowl includes a stator having an annular upper inner surface defining an upper portion of the open interior of the mixing bowl, and a rotor defining a lower portion of the open interior of the mixing bowl. An air duct is fluidly connected to the mixing bowl and is configured to be fluidly connected to an air mover. The air duct includes a duct outlet configured to direct forced air from the air mover into the upper portion of the open interior defined by the upper stator to direct the seeds flowing in the upper portion of the interior of the mixing bowl inward toward a generally vertical axis of the mixing bowl as the lower rotor rotates relative to the upper stator.

Abstract: A seed treatment system defines angularly spaced compartments for receiving seeds. The compartments are rotatable 360 degrees. A seed processing system is configured to concurrently perform different processing steps in at least some of the compartments as a function of the angular position of the compartment. For example, a seed treatment device can dispense seeds into a compartment, impart treatment, fluidize seeds, apply treatment, control drying of treatment, output seeds from a compartment, and/or prepare a compartment for receiving seeds at certain angular positions of a compartment. Fluidization in a compartment can be used to simultaneously control drying and evenly coat seeds with a treatment component.

Abstract: Improvements in the production of electro-optic displays include: (a) use of a masking film to keep a selected area of a backplane (such as a front electrode contact) free from electro-optic material; (b) spray coating of electrophoretic capsules on to a substrate under controlled conditions; (c) forming a monolayer of capsules on a substrate by prior deposition of a water-swellable polymer; and (d) overcoating a layer of electro-optic material with a solvent-free polymerizable liquid material, contacting this layer with a light-transmissive electrode layer, and polymerizing the liquid material to adhere the electrode layer to the electro-optic material.