Patents Issued in October 14, 2021
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Publication number: 20210315144Abstract: An implement has an implement frame and a wheel for supporting the implement frame on a ground surface for movement in a direction of travel. The implement also includes a first basket coupled to the implement frame by a first arm and configured to work a portion of the ground surface, and a second basket coupled to the implement frame by a second arm and positioned rearward of the first basket relative to the direction of travel. The second basket is configured to work the portion of the ground surface after the first basket. A hydraulic cylinder is operatively coupled to the first arm and/or the second arm and configured to lift and lower the respective basket with respect to the ground surface to and from a raised position for travel. The hydraulic cylinder is further configured to regulate a pressure of the respective basket against the portion of the ground surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: David L. Steinlage, Shawn J. Becker, Greg T. Buse, Mark D. Beeck, Luc Janelle, Andrew J. Peterson, John W. Gisler, Brian McEvoy, Narayanan Esakkimuthu
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Publication number: 20210315145Abstract: An agricultural implement includes at least one row unit having a plurality of support members, each of which is pivotably coupled to an attachment frame or another of the support members to permit vertical pivoting vertical movement of the support members, and a plurality of soil-engaging tools, each of which is coupled to at least one of the support members. A plurality of hydraulic cylinders are coupled to the support members for urging the support members downwardly toward the soil. A plurality of controllable pressure control valves are coupled to the hydraulic cylinders for controlling the pressure of hydraulic fluid supplied to the cylinders. A plurality of sensors produce electrical signals corresponding to predetermined conditions, and a controller is coupled to the sensor and the controllable pressure control valves. The controller receives the electrical signals from the sensors and produces control signals for controlling the pressure control valves.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventor: Joseph D. Bassett
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Publication number: 20210315146Abstract: A tillage implement comprising a main frame, a front group of coulter blades carried by the main frame and extending generally laterally, and a rear group of coulter blades carried by the main frame and extending generally laterally. The tillage implement additionally comprises a set of wheels configured to support the main frame and positioned generally between the front and rear groups of coulter blades. The tillage implement additionally comprises a group of harrow assemblies carried by the main frame and positioned rearward of the rear group of coulter blades. The tillage implement additionally comprises a front group of finishing reels carried by the main frame, extending generally laterally, and positioned rearward of the group of harrow assemblies. Furthermore, the tillage implement comprises a rear group of finishing reels carried by the main frame, extending generally laterally, and positioned rearward of the front group of finishing reels.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2020Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Rodney D. Hake, Michael J. Ohnsat, Tanner Peroutek
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Publication number: 20210315147Abstract: A system includes a tractor comprising a lifting hitch, and an implement comprising an implement frame carried by the lifting hitch. The implement frame has an integrated elongate toolbar carrying at least one row unit. A sensor is configured to sense a position of the at least one row unit relative to the ground. A control system is configured to receive a signal related to the sensed position of the at least one row unit relative to the ground and cause the lifting hitch to raise or lower a portion of the implement frame connected to the lifting hitch relative to the tractor based at least in part on the signal. Control systems and related methods are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Benjamin Anson Fanshier, Monte J. Rans, Ross Duerksen, Zane Wesley Unrau, Robert L. Figger
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Publication number: 20210315148Abstract: An implement includes an implement frame having an integrated elongate toolbar carrying at least one row unit, at least one wheel coupled to the implement frame and defining an axis of rotation, a sensor configured to sense a position of the at least one row unit relative to the ground, and a control system. The control system is configured to receive a signal related to the sensed position of the at least one row unit relative to the ground and cause a lift system to raise or lower a portion of the implement frame connected to the lift system to rotate the implement frame about the axis of rotation of the at least one wheel based at least in part on the signal. Control systems and related methods are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Benjamin Anson FANSHIER, Monte J. Rans, Ross Duerksen, Zane Wesley Unrau, Robert L. FIGGER
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Publication number: 20210315149Abstract: A system for controlling the depth of at least one closing wheel in an agricultural row unit for planting seeds in a furrow. The row unit includes a firming device that passes the seeds into the soil at the bottom of the furrow, and at least one closing wheel that is pressed into a side of the furrow to close the furrow over the seeds. A control system senses the depth of the closing wheels in the furrow relative to the depth of the firming device, and adjusts the downward pressure on the closing wheel, based on changes in the sensed depth of the closing wheel, to compensate for changes in the hardness of the soil. The up and down movement of the firming device can be adjusted independently of the movement of the closing wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventor: Joseph D. Bassett
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Publication number: 20210315150Abstract: The embodiments herein disclose methods and systems for generating a prescription plan for a region under cultivation, a system includes a first data acquisition device coupled to a first vehicle, a second data acquisition device coupled to a second vehicle and a controller. The first data acquisition device and the second data acquisition device collect information from a first portion and a second portion of a canopy structure present in the region under cultivation respectively. The collected information may include imagery information, sensory information and geo-positioning information. Based on the collected information, the controller identifies at least one event across at least one of the first portion and the second portion of the canopy structure. The controller further generates an event map and a remedy plan for the identified at least one event. Based on the event map and the remedy plan, the controller generates the prescription plan.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2018Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA LIMITEDInventors: Natarajan SARAVANAN, Rajeswar KUCHIMANCHI, Shankar VENUGOPAL, Aravind BHARADWAJ, Ananda KUNDU, Ram Mohan SITARAMAN, Dayan SHERIFF
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Publication number: 20210315151Abstract: Continued and precise operation of an agricultural implement exists even where a subsystem, such as a GPS receiver, wireless communicator, a sensor, or the like, fails, falters, or is otherwise unusable. Data is continually tracked to the extent possible during failure or faltering and is temporarily stored. The temporary data is later stitched or otherwise harmonized with historical data once the failing system is repaired or otherwise once again available. During failure or faltering, views, and even mapped views, of historical and real-time data are displayed. Predicted or anticipated data can be included within these views or can even be used when stitching.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: JASON SCHOON, RYAN MCMAHAN, MATTHEW MOELLER, DANIEL HUNTER
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Publication number: 20210315152Abstract: A device for an for singulating grains based on a pressure difference comprises a chamber for receiving the grains, and a rotatable singulation element. The chamber is delimited in one direction by the singulation element and grains are transported from the chamber to a dispensing region by the singulation element. A first compressed air supply supplies compressed air to the chamber in order to generate at least one pressure difference. The singulation element has a plurality of recesses and the grains can be held in the recesses due to the pressure difference. Individualized grains are dispensed into a grain line in the dispensing region. A second compressed air supply is provided in order to prevent a flow of air out of the chamber into the grain line and in order to transport the grains through the grain line in an accelerated manner by the compressed air.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2018Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: Horsch Maschinen GmbHInventors: Philipp HORSCH, Manfred KÖBLER
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Publication number: 20210315153Abstract: A system and method for regulating dispensation of seeds, fertilizer or other items. The system comprises a hopper, at least first and second movable metering plates, and an agitator assembly. Movement of the first and second movable metering plates in first and second directions, respectively, that are opposite one another increases a size of a plurality of output holes defined by interleaved portions of the metering plates, whereas movement of the first and second movable metering plates in the second and first directions, respectively, decreases the size of the output holes. An adjustable control handle can be moved to simultaneously move the first and second movable metering plates to adjust the size of the output holes. Each agitator remains in alignment with a center of a respective output hole regardless of a decrease or increase in the size of the output holes, resulting in more efficient dispensation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2020Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Paul J. Tison, Donald C. Jones
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Publication number: 20210315154Abstract: A sugar beet harvest apparatus provides in sequence a pair of field cultivator teeth, a pair of discs or helical screw propellers, and a V-shaped basket of helical screw propellers. The field cultivator teeth and discs may be spaced nominally to engage both sides of a single crop row, or to engage one side of a first crop row, and the opposed side of a second adjacent crop row. In either case, the field cultivator teeth pierce the soil and gently lift the root crop. The discs or helical screw propellers lift the beets and soil into the V-shaped basket of helical screw propellers. Within the V-shaped basket, a pair of ground-level helical screw propellers lift the root crop, while pulverizing the soil and cleaning the root crop. Subsequent helical screw propellers continue to lift the root crop, while pushing rocks and soil rearward proximate to the soil surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2019Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Mark F. Herickhoff, Stephen D. Ruegemer
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Publication number: 20210315155Abstract: A docking station for use with an autonomous tool comprising a docking module for detachably receiving the autonomous tool and a guiding module arranged to guide the movement of the autonomous tool towards the docking module, wherein the autonomous tool, upon termination of the movement, is received by the docking module at a predetermined position and orientation. The present invention also discloses an autonomous lawn mower having a docking module and a guiding module and a method of guiding an autonomous tool towards a docking station. A docking station for use with an autonomous tool (100) comprises a docking module (200) for detachably receiving the autonomous tool (100) and a guiding module (210) arranged to guide the movement of the autonomous tool (100) towards the docking module (200), wherein the autonomous tool (100), upon termination of the movement, is received by the docking module (200) at a predetermined position and orientation (400).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2018Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Hei Man Raymond Lee, Ngai Cheung, Dohoon Kim, Denis Gaston Fauteux, Hal Llan
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Publication number: 20210315156Abstract: Assemblies allowing a repositionable discharge deflector to be added to a mower with a discharge chute are described. These assemblies include a base, a swing bracket, a discharge deflector, a motor, and a switch. The base is attached to the mower, and the motor is attached to the base and includes a rotating output shaft. The swing bracket is rotationally attached to the base and is rotationally coupled to the rotating output shaft of the motor. The discharge deflector is attached to the swing bracket and positionable via rotation of the rotating output shaft so as to at least partially block the discharge chute of the mower. The switch is in electrical communication with the motor and is able to cause the motor to rotate the rotating output shaft. The assemblies allow a user to modify the trajectory of mown material discharged from the discharge chute of the mower with a push of the switch.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventor: Jeremiah J. Richards
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Publication number: 20210315157Abstract: A handle for a hand-guided power tool has a shaft with a fastening end and a free end. The fastening end is provided to secure the handle on the power tool. The handle has an outer side that is designed to at least partially support a palm of a hand of a user. An inner side is positioned opposite the outer side at the handle. A thumb support surface is provided at the inner side. The thumb support surface, viewed in a side view of the handle perpendicular to the inner side, is positioned at an angle of at least 20° and at most 70° in relation to a longitudinal axis of the handle at every point of the thumb support surface. A power tool such as a trimmer has a handle bar provided with a handle with such a thumb support surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Liv Bicheler, Roland Mandel, Simon Haug
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Publication number: 20210315158Abstract: A trimmer has a guide tube and a tool unit connected to an end of the guide tube. A handlebar is secured to the guide tube and has handles connected to a respective end of the bar of the handlebar. Each handle has a shaft with a fastening end and a free end. The fastening end is provided to secure the handle on the power tool. The handles each have a front side facing the tool unit of the guide tube end and an oppositely positioned rear side. The handles each have an inner side and an outer side, wherein the inner sides face each other and wherein the outer sides face away from each other. At least one of the handles is provided with a heel of hand support designed as an elevation extending at the inner side and at the rear side of the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Liv Bicheler, Roland Mandel, Simon Haug
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Publication number: 20210315159Abstract: An information processing system includes a sensor, a server device, a user terminal, and a work device. The sensor detects a state of a crop. The server device includes a controller comprising at least one processor acquiring state information on the state of the crop based on an output of the sensor, generating first information based on the state information, and transmitting a work command to the work device. The user terminal notifies a user of the first information received from the server device and transmits, to the server device, second information that is input by the user and related to a work area. The controller of the server device transmits the work command to the work device, according to the second information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Wataru KYOCHIKA, Riho MATSUO, Kenta MIYAHARA, Ryotaro KAKIHARA
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Publication number: 20210315160Abstract: Disclosed herein are various devices, systems, and methods for use in agricultural, particularly for use in harvesting agricultural crop such as corn. Various implementations relate to devices, systems, and methods for increasing yield by emitting warnings when the corn head to not at the proper height.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventor: Roger Zielke
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Publication number: 20210315161Abstract: An elevator assembly for a harvester may include an elevator housing and an elevator extending within the elevator housing between a proximal end and a distal end. As such, the elevator may be configured to carry harvested crops between its proximal and distal ends. Furthermore, the elevator assembly may include a storage hopper extending from the elevator housing at a location adjacent to the distal end of the elevator. The storage hopper may include a conveyor extending within the storage hopper between a first end and a second end, with the conveyor configured to carry the harvested crops between its first and second ends towards a discharge opening of the storage hopper.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Alessandro Roberto Pereira, Marcelo dos Santos de Oliveira Silva, Jean Carlos Pereira de Camargo, Anderson Antonio Moreno
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Publication number: 20210315162Abstract: A control system of a lawn mowing vehicle, includes at least one continuously variable transmission drivingly connected to two left and right wheels, a revolution speed detection unit, an acceleration instruction unit, a parking brake instruction sensor, a lawn mower, and a control device. The control device, during the drive of the lawn mower, stops the drive of the lawn mower after the revolution speed of each of the two wheels or the revolution speed of the at least one continuously variable transmission has become zero (0) or within a predetermined range near zero (0), and during stop control of the lawn mower, drives the lawn mower when a target revolution speed, issued by the acceleration instruction unit, of the two wheels or of the at least one continuously variable transmission is not zero (0) and the operation of the parking brake is not instructed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Kohei OGURA, Koji KIYOOKA, Hidetaka YAMANAMI, Kenji OGATA, Yuya KUROIWA
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Publication number: 20210315163Abstract: The present invention provides a system for separating crop dust from crop residue produced during a harvesting operation using a combine. The system comprises an attachment member configured to be used with the combine, a shroud fastened to the attachment member and extending downward to form a negative pressure chamber; and a container for collecting the separated crop dust exiting the outlet of the cyclone unit. The attachment member comprises a suction fan to generate a negative pressure to draw an air flow comprising at least a portion of the crop dust separated from the crop residue; and a depressurized cyclone unit in communication with the suction fan, having an inlet for receiving the air flow comprising the separated crop dust drawn by the suction fan, and an outlet having a turning interlock configured to maintain the negative pressure while discharging the separated crop dust through the outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2019Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventor: Roy BREWIN
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Publication number: 20210315164Abstract: A plant propagation system is provided that includes a holder for holding at least two plants in relative spaced apart relation to enable a predetermined operation (such as, for example, a cutting operation) to be performed on each of the plants within the holder during a single pass.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2019Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventor: Greg Lowe
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Publication number: 20210315165Abstract: A planter including a planter box and a rotatable mounting adapter that couples the planter box to a surface of an object. The adapter includes a first plate configured to directly couple to the planter box, a second plate configured to directly couple to the surface of the object, and one or more ball bearings between the first and second plates that allows the first plate and the planter box to rotate with respect to the second plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2020Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventor: Nathan Adam Tisdale
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Publication number: 20210315166Abstract: An openable plant pot assembly for replacing soil in a plant pot without disturbing a plant growing in the plant pot includes a plant pot vertically divided into a first half that is hingedly coupled to a second half. In this way the plant pot is positionable in an open position for replacing soil in the plant pot without disturbing roots of a plant that is growing in the plant pot. A pair of closures is each of the closures is coupled to the plant pot. A pair of engagements is each coupled to the plant pot. Each of the closures releasably engages a respective one of the engagements for retaining the plant pot in the closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2020Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventor: James Wilson
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Publication number: 20210315167Abstract: A block used for constructing a wall, where the block is configured with a front wall angled inward and downward, forming a triangular interior space into which soil can be placed, such that plants placed in the soil will have access to the sun and rain due to the angled front wall of the block placed above it, thereby providing an integrated vegetated wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventor: David E. GRANT
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Publication number: 20210315168Abstract: A light delivery system that uses a reflective surface or machine employing Internet-of-Things and Artificial Intelligence, as well as manual processes and systems to create a moveable or static light field whose purpose is to increase or optimize the efficiency of cultivar (agricultural) growth by optimizing the appropriate spectrum for specific growing conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2019Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Jodd READICK, Nicholas BOOTH, Jonathan DESTLER, Yosepha SHAHAK RAVID, Daniel L. FARKAS, Nadav RAVID
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Publication number: 20210315169Abstract: Systems, methods and computer-readable media are provided for controlling environmental conditions to control latent and sensible loads in a plant grow chamber. The density of plant-0 receptacles in the grow chamber is such that, when plants are held in the plurality of plant receptacles, evapotranspiration contributes to the latent load so that the latent load exceeds a sensible load, resulting in evapotranspirative cooling. This shift in the energy balance allows for greater energy savings, as compared with conventional indoor farms that focus on removing heat from the growth environment. Environmental conditions may be controlled to achieved desired conditions, such as the optimum ratio of harvest weight yield to energy consumption under given constraints. Light modules for enabling plant growth suitable for controlled environment agriculture are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: MJNN LLCInventors: Yara Thomas, Joshua John Mark Pero, Meaghan Fitzgerald, Nathaniel R. Storey, Kevin Duane Grauberger, Alan Colbrie Schoen, Michael Peter Flynn, Anthony Nicholas McDougle, Liane Jessica Fang, Frances Willcox Esparza, Christopher Kwok Wai Mui, Grant Thomas Lindblom, Paul Guerra, Timothy Michael Murcko
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Publication number: 20210315170Abstract: Systems, methods and computer-readable media are provided for controlling environmental conditions to control latent and sensible loads in a plant grow chamber. The density of plant receptacles in the grow chamber is such that, when plants are held in the plurality of plant receptacles, evapotranspiration contributes to the latent load so that the latent load exceeds a sensible load, resulting in evapotranspirative cooling. This shift in the energy balance allows for greater energy savings, as compared with conventional indoor farms that focus on removing heat from the growth environment. Environmental conditions may be controlled to achieved desired conditions, such as the optimum ratio of harvest weight yield to energy consumption under given constraints.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2019Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: MJNN LLCInventors: Yara Thomas, Joshua John Mark Pero, Meaghan Fitzgerald, Nathaniel R. Storey, Kevin Duane Grauberger, Alan Colbrie Schoen, Michael Peter Flynn
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Publication number: 20210315171Abstract: A unit providing garden plant protection from harmful weather conditions and extend the growing season. The unit includes a shade cloth attached to a frame creating a panel that attaches to at least two post, which are attached at opposite ends of the panel for support. Each post has a ground stake attached to the bottom end. The ground stakes allow for easily placing and securing the unit in desired locations and can easily be removed from the ground. The panel can be adjusted to different angles depending on weather protection needs. The post can be raised or lowered as needed. The posts can be detached from the panel for a simplified storage solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventor: Sherri Leslie
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Publication number: 20210315172Abstract: An irrigation recirculation system and methods of filtering and cleaning water within the irrigation recirculation system. The system includes an above the ground water source and a fluid flow conduit that conveys the water into a filter element within a basin. The filter element separates solids from the water by causing the water to change direction before continuing on a fluid flow path. The water is then stored and distributed by a self-cleaning storage system that convey the filtered water to sprinkler heads of the irrigation system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventor: Kevin McClain
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Publication number: 20210315173Abstract: A plant irrigation device includes a support that surrounds a plant and provides an opening through which the plant extends. A drip tube is attached to the support and connectable to a water source. The drip tube has a series of spaced apart apertures or water emitters along a length thereof permitting water to exit the drip tube and into the ground surrounding the plant.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Lance James Lortscher, Mark Alan Christl
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Publication number: 20210315174Abstract: Embodiments relate generally to methods, systems and apparatuses for growing plants. For example, a plant growing system (e.g., a hydroponic plant growing system) is provided. The system includes, for example, one or more configurable wells operable to hold a nutrient solution for fertilizing and hydrating one or more plants. In various embodiments, the wells can detach from the unit bottom. The wells allow the roots of various plants to grow downward instead of laterally and obstructing water flow to other plants. The system includes an inlet element, outlet element, a control component, among other such elements and/or components. Water and nutrient solutions flow through the system via the inlet element and outlet element. Outlet element includes an adjustment device configured to control the flowrate and height of water and/or solution in the system. Control component can control one or more devices to ensure optimal plant growth and/or plant growth environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: Advanced Autoponics, LLCInventor: Sayon CHANDRAKANTHAN
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Publication number: 20210315175Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of producing viable Cannabis sativa seeds by inducing male flowers on a genetically female Cannabis sativa plant. The pollen produced by the induced flowers of such plant can be used to pollinate female flowers from the same plant or another female plant to produce seed. In certain embodiments, feminised Cannabis sativa seed is produced on a production scale.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2020Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Daniel OVADYA, Beth SAVIDGE
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Publication number: 20210315176Abstract: A method of inhibiting growth of a plurality of plants of a weed species of interest in a growth area is provided. The method comprising, artificially pollinating inflorescences of said plants with pollen that reduces fitness of said plants, said artificially pollinating is performed under pollination conditions that inhibit growth of the plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2019Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: Weedout Ltd.Inventors: Ido SHWARTZ, Orly NOIVIRT-BRIK, Efrat LIDOR-NILI, Herve HUET, Miriam AMINIA
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MOLECULAR MARKERS FOR BLACKLEG RESISTANCE GENE RLM7 IN BRASSICA NAPUS, AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME
Publication number: 20210315177Abstract: This disclosure concerns methods and compositions for identifying canola plants that have a blackleg resistant phenotype. Some embodiments concern molecular markers to identify, select, and/or construct blackleg resistant plants and germplasm, or to identify and counter-select plants that are susceptible or have low resistance to blackleg disease. Some embodiments concern molecular markers to identify, select, and/or construct blackleg resistant plants that carry the Rlm7 gene. This disclosure also concerns canola plants comprising a blackleg resistant phenotype that are generated by methods utilizing at least one marker described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2019Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLCInventors: Syed Masood Rizvi, Muhammad Tahir, Shunxue Tang, Jianwei Zhao, Jinhua Xiao, Gregory Gingera -
Publication number: 20210315178Abstract: A new and distinct variety of M. x piperita, ‘Columbia’ is characterized by its unique oil chemistry and sweet complex flavor profile. The new varietal offers a M. x piperita variety that has strong resistance to diseases such as Verticillium Wilt and Mint Rust.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Deven Holmgren, Jie Liu, Tim Chambers, Tim Nemeth, Mark Morris, A.J. Todd IV, Rich Schneider, Mark Nelson, Bryon Quebbeman
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Publication number: 20210315179Abstract: The present invention is in the field of soybean variety CL1460639, CL1560184, CL1562109, CL1562124, CL1562543, CS1660005, CW1510074, CW1660042, and EE1660699 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean varieties CL1460639, CL1560184, CL1562109, CL1562124, CL1562543, CS1660005, CW1510074, CW1660042, and EE1660699 and to the seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny of each or any of these cultivars, and methods of using CL1460639, CL1560184, CL1562109, CL1562124, CL1562543, CS1660005, CW1510074, CW1660042, or EE1660699 in a breeding program.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AGInventors: Jacob Charles Delheimer, Brian Scott Erdahl, Kevin Chris Threlkeld, Joseph William Strottman, Kurt Milan Lindenbaum, David Scott Lee
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Publication number: 20210315180Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of the bean line SVGF2091. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of bean line SVGF2091 and to methods for producing a bean plant produced by crossing a plant of bean line SVGF2091 with itself or with another bean plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of bean line SVGF2091, including the pods and gametes of such plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2020Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Arie Oppelaar, Alexis J. Plouy
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Publication number: 20210315181Abstract: A robotic milking system includes a milking control, a milk line, and a sampling and analysis device for the milk, wherein the milking control controls the robotic milking device based on the analysis of the milk sample. The sampling and analysis device includes a control unit, a tape reel with a tape with reagent pads that detect the presence of a substance in the sample, a tape mover, a dosing device to provide a sample onto a reagent pad, a camera to image of the reagent pad with said sample, and to analyse the images to indicate a presence or concentration of said substance. The lengthwise consecutive substantially rectangular reagent pads are separated by a hydrophobic line, and the control unit recognises said line in the image and determines a position thereof. The control unit controls the tape mover on the basis of the obtained image and line position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2019Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: LELY PATENT N.V.Inventor: Abram Christiaan KNIP
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Publication number: 20210315182Abstract: The present invention comprises a rigid device capable of separating whey from yogurt when inserted into yogurt. The bottom of the device and a portion of the lower sides are walled to a height great enough to create a whey collecting reservoir. An accompanying ladle which fits within the device and is at a sufficient height to allow the collection of liquid into the ladle when inserted in the device may be included as part of a sales package.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2020Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Sofia A. Sinclair, James D. Sinclair
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Publication number: 20210315183Abstract: A modular animal pen system comprises front and rear panels and opposed side panels extending between the front and rear panels to form a primary enclosure. The front panel has adjacent doorway apertures formed therein to receive respective selectively closable gates, and a mullion is disposed between the doorway apertures. The mullion has a first slot, and a second slot in the rear panel is in registration with the first slot. The animal pen system further comprises a removable divider panel whose longitudinal ends are sized to fit removably within the respective slots so that the divider panel can divide the primary enclosure into two secondary enclosures. The side and divider panels may be formed by interchangeable profile panels, and the front and rear panels may be formed by interchangeable face panels connectable end-to-end to form a junction slot therebetween sized to receive the longitudinal ends of the profile panels.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: Poly Dome Ontario Inc.Inventors: Darren VanBuuren, Burton Mark Wood
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Publication number: 20210315184Abstract: A feeding apparatus includes a container for, in use, containing food for an animal. The container has a side wall through which a slot is defined, the slot extending between closed upper and lower ends of the slot. In use, a feeding restrictor rests on top of the food in the container. A retaining element is positioned outside the container and is movably engageable with an outer portion or surface of the container side wall. The feeding restrictor is coupled to the retaining element before the animal starts to feed, and moves downwardly, guided by the slot, as the animal eats the food. The feeding restrictor can then be uncoupled from the retaining element after the food is eaten, and withdrawn from the container to allow further food to be placed in the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: HAYGAIN LTDInventors: Anne-Jan BRUGGINK, Rebecca JAMES
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Publication number: 20210315185Abstract: A smart feeder includes a food storage chamber and a rotating push plate mechanism. The food storage chamber conveys food to the rotating push plate mechanism through a conveying device, and the rotating push plate mechanism is configured to rotate and hit the food. The rotating push plate mechanism includes a rotating push plate, a first driving mechanism and a food passage. The food passage is in communication with an outlet of the food storage chamber, and the rotating push plate is rotatably installed inside the food passage. The first driving mechanism is configured to drive the rotating push plate to rotate. The food passage includes an outlet segment and a hitting cavity, and the outlet segment is tangent to the hitting cavity. The hitting cavity is in communication with the outlet of the food storage chamber. The rotating push plate is rotatably installed in the hitting cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: JIANGSU ZHONGHENG PET ARTICLES JOINT-STOCK CO., LTD.Inventor: Bin QIU
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Publication number: 20210315186Abstract: An apparatus and method for autonomous and accurate identification of target animal species, such as in animal species control and management systems for use in public or private agricultural and related communities. An intelligent, autonomous, dual-sensory, animal species-specific recognition system useful for activating wildlife management and related devices when a particular animal species approaches the system is provided. The device and method use a combination of both acoustic and visual sensors, together with efficient and robust recognition algorithms and signal/image processing techniques, to maximize accurate target-specific identification and reject false alarms.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Mahmood R. AZIMI-SADJADI, John HALL, Christopher ROBBIANO, Kurt Christian VERCOUTEREN, Nathan Paul SNOW, Joseph Martin Halseth
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Publication number: 20210315187Abstract: A method of rearing an aquaculture shrimp includes keeping shrimps in a land-farming nursery, and feeding to the shrimps kept in the land-farming nursery a feed including astaxanthin in an amount of 50 ppm or greater.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: NIPPON SUISAN KAISHA, LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi MINAMI, Kosuke MATSUOKA
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Publication number: 20210315188Abstract: The present invention relates, inter alia, to a process for making modified fish zygotes or early-stage fish embryos (particularly salmon zygotes and salmon embryos), wherein the process comprises (a) modifying the genome of the fish zygote or an early-stage fish embryo to eliminate functional expression of a germ cell survival factor gene (e.g. dead-end, dnd)\ and (b) introducing functional protein or RNA encoded by the germ cell survival factor gene into the zygote or early-stage embryo. The invention also provides fish zygotes, fish embryos, juvenile fish, mature fish and sterile fish which are produced by the processes of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2019Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Anna TROEDSSON-WARGELIUS, Rolf Brudvik EDVARDSEN
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Publication number: 20210315189Abstract: A genetically modified mouse is provided, wherein the mouse expresses an immunoglobulin light chain repertoire characterized by a limited number of light chain variable domains. Mice are provided that present a choice of two human light chain variable gene segments such that the immunoglobulin light chains expresses by the mouse comprise one of the two human light chain variable gene segments. Methods for making bispecific antibodies having universal light chains using mice as described herein, including human light chain variable regions, are provided. Methods for making human variable regions suitable for use in multispecific binding proteins, e.g., bispecific antibodies, and host cells are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: John McWhirter, Lynn Macdonald, Sean Stevens, Andrew J. Murphy
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Publication number: 20210315190Abstract: A split collar hook holder is designed to hold a loose fishing line's hooked end in a fixed position while the fishing rod is not in use. The split collar hook holder has a has a multicomponent collar a bracket connection system, a mounting hole, and at least one first hook-receiving receptacle. The multicomponent collar has a pair of brackets that are clamped around the fishing rod by the bracket connection system. The hook-receiving receptacle traverses into the brackets and acts as the holder for the hook while the hook is not in use.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventor: Michael Aguilar
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Publication number: 20210315191Abstract: The present invention relates to a mosquito-killing lamp, including a shell consisting of an upper shell, a fan frame and a lower shell, wherein the upper shell is provided with a mosquito inlet cavity, the lower shell is provided with a mosquito storage cavity, the fan frame is internally provided with a mounting cavity, a mosquito blocking base is clamped between the fan frame and the lower shell, the mosquito blocking base is provided with an opening for conducting the mounting cavity and the mosquito storage cavity, the mosquito blocking base is provided with a baffle capable of opening or closing the opening in a hinge manner, and a driving mechanism is arranged on the mosquito blocking base. By adoption of the above solution, the mosquitoes are not easy to fly out and the mosquito killing effect is better.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Xuyu Li, Jian Zhang, Qingbao Lin, Chaogui Li
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Publication number: 20210315192Abstract: Apparatuses, methods and systems provide technology to detect a pest-related fault or failure of an electronic control unit (ECU). The technology may also detect a presence of one or more pests via cameras, LiDAR sensors, RADAR sensors, motion sensors, one or more sound sensors, or one or more heat sensors. The technology may also provide countermeasures to disable, remove or eradicate the pests from the vehicle. The countermeasures may include one or more of a laser to target small pests, an electrical discharge insect control system to exterminate insects, and a vibration or sound emission system to target rodents.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2020Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering And Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Ryan M. Wiesenberg, Emily S. Lerner, Mahendra T. Kute
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Publication number: 20210315193Abstract: The present invention concerns a device for luring and killing hematophagous arthropods in its inside, in an effective and selective way, without emitting to the outside harmful substances to human health and the environment, comprising multi-sensory lures for the aforesaid arthropods that guide them inside the device where 5 there is an eradication means for the target arthropod.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2019Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: HUMAN CENTERED AND BIO-INSPIRED IDEAS FOR DAILY LIFE S.R.L. IN SIGLA HUBILIFE S.R.L.Inventors: David ANGUILLESI, Peppuccio LA PLACA, Donato ROMANO, Cesare STEFANINI