Patents Issued in September 26, 2019
  • Publication number: 20190289766
    Abstract: A turf aerator includes a tine assembly and an input mechanism. The tine assembly includes multiple tines, a retractor plate for positioning the plurality of tines, and a linkage for selectively moving the retractor plate and the plurality of tines between an operating position and a retracted position. The input mechanism coupled to the linkage, the input mechanism operable to activate the linkage to move the retractor plate and the plurality of tines between the operating position and the retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brandon KING, William COATES
  • Publication number: 20190289767
    Abstract: Modular agricultural apparatus for management and maintenance of cover crops and cash crops aid in side-by-side banded or zonal farming. For example, the present invention relates to apparatus for seeding crops and/or suppressing or terminating cover crops while offering option to manage cash crops. Specifically, the agricultural apparatus comprises a plurality of sections, each having a tool for either seeding crops or terminating cover crops in a band configuration. Therefore, management of cash crops and cover crops may be more easily maintained and managed. Methods of using the same to manage and maintain cash crops while seeding and/or terminating cover crops are further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Timothy Gulotta
  • Publication number: 20190289768
    Abstract: In one aspect, a system for adjusting down pressure loads on a disc opener of a seeder may include a depth adjustment assembly having a gauge wheel and a gauge wheel arm coupled between the disc opener and the gauge wheel. The system may also include an actuator configured to apply a down pressure load on the disc opener. Moreover, the system may include a sensor provided in operative association with the gauge wheel or a component coupled between the gauge wheel and the gauge wheel arm. The sensor may be configured to detect a parameter indicative of the down pressure load applied on the disc opener. Additionally, a controller of the system may be configured to control an operation of the actuator based on measurement signals received from the sensor to regulate the down pressure load applied on the disc opener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Trevor L. Kowalchuk
  • Publication number: 20190289769
    Abstract: A method for performing a bale collection operation may generally include accessing data associated with a plurality of baling paths traversed across a field during the performance of a baling operation, with each baling path being associated with at least one bale of a plurality of bales to be collected within the field. The method may also include determining a location of a staging area relative to the field for aggregating the bales and generating a plurality of guidance lines to be traversed when collecting the bales and delivering the bales to the staging area. In addition, the method may include guiding a work vehicle along the plurality of guidance lines to collect the bales within the field and deliver the bales to the staging area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Ivan Antich
  • Publication number: 20190289770
    Abstract: A system and method for determining the optimal machine working direction(s) of travel for a field boundary to be used in a guidance/navigation system for machine control includes, using specific field boundary information and machine specific information to spatially simulate travel path estimates over a plurality of splayed working directions of travel to determine the optimal working direction(s) of travel for the field boundary. Optimizing the spatial field efficiency by simulating travel path estimates to select an optimal working direction(s) of travel may then be used in accordance with a machine's guidance and/or navigation system, via an information transfer system, as the reference working direction(s) of travel for the machine to guide and control itself while performing fieldwork.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Dustin J. Wolters, Brian H. Watkins, Michael J. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20190289771
    Abstract: An agricultural working machine, method, and power take-off transmission are provided. The agricultural working machine includes an internal combustion engine, at least one power take-off, and an arrangement for dynamically adjusting at least one of a speed and a torque of the PTO. The arrangement includes an electric machine and a transmission summing the driving force of the internal combustion engine and the electric machine. The transmission includes at least two gear elements that are magnetically coupled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: MATTHIAS LANG, RAINER GUGEL, DAVID MUELLER
  • Publication number: 20190289772
    Abstract: An unmanned, autonomous, battery powered and rechargeable vehicle having multiple sensors for collecting, analyzing, storing and transmitting data related to environmental and plant growth data in greenhouse environment. The mobile vehicle navigates between plant rows tracking a designated and repeatable path several times daily, collecting data from the plant root ball up to and including the plant canopy, without touching, sampling, or impacting plant growth. A telescoping arm ensures the sensor platform height is optimized relative to the plant canopy height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Steve M. Murphy
  • Publication number: 20190289773
    Abstract: A method for growing plants includes both a seeder and a harvester both of which include arrangements for singulating the seeds and for measuring parameters of the seeds while singulated. This can be used for seeding selected seeds and for harvesting particular plants. The system operates by correlating information from the individual seeded seeds and from the harvested seeds in respect of a particular location on the growth medium and may include information relating the growth medium at the location. The location can be determined by seeding the plants in patterns which can be detected by a reader on the harvester. The system can be used to control selection of seeds to take into account soil conditions at the plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: David Prystupa, John Pacak
  • Publication number: 20190289774
    Abstract: A method for growing plants includes both a seeder and a harvester both of which include arrangements for singulating the seeds and for measuring parameters of the seeds while singulated. This can be used for seeding selected seeds and for harvesting particular plants. The system operates by correlating information from the individual seeded seeds and from the harvested seeds in respect of a particular location on the growth medium and may include information relating the growth medium at the location. The location can be determined by seeding the plants in patterns which can be detected by a reader on the harvester. The system can be used to control selection of seeds to take into account soil conditions at the plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: David Prystupa, John Pacak
  • Publication number: 20190289775
    Abstract: A soil mapping system for collecting and mapping soil reflectance data in a field includes an implement having a furrow opener for creating a furrow and an optical module. The optical module is arranged to collect soil reflectance data at a predetermined depth within the furrow as the implement traverses a field. The optical module includes two monochromatic light sources, a window arranged to press against the soil, and a photodiode for receiving light reflected back from the soil through the window. The two light sources have different wavelengths and are modulated at different frequencies. The photodiode provides a modulated voltage output signal that contains reflectance data from both of the light sources. Additional measurement devices are carried by the implement for collecting additional soil property data, such as electrical conductivity, pH, and elevation, which can be used together with the optical data to determine variations in soil organic matter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Chase Maxton, Paul Drummond, Eric Lund, Kyle Jensen
  • Publication number: 20190289776
    Abstract: In one aspect, a system for distributing an agricultural particulate material as part of a crop production process is disclosed. The system may include a distribution line configured to receive an air entrained flow of particles. A controller may be configured to monitor a flow parameter associated with the air entrained flow of particles through the distribution line based on signals received from a flow sensor. The controller may be configured to determine that a change in the monitored flow parameter over time is associated with a plugging flow pattern that is indicative of potential plugging of the distribution line and automatically initiate a corrective action associated with reducing a likelihood of the distribution line plugging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Trevor Rempel, Gordon A. Engel
  • Publication number: 20190289777
    Abstract: A method for growing plants includes both a seeder and a harvester both of which include arrangements for singulating the seeds and for measuring parameters of the seeds while singulated. This can be used for seeding selected seeds and for harvesting particular plants. The system operates by correlating information from the individual seeded seeds and from the harvested seeds in respect of a particular location on the growth medium and may include information relating the growth medium at the location. The location can be determined by seeding the plants in patterns which can be detected by a reader on the harvester. The system can be used to control selection of seeds to take into account soil conditions at the plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: David Prystupa, John Pacak
  • Publication number: 20190289778
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, implements, and methods for seed orientation during planting operations of agricultural plants of agricultural fields. In one embodiment, a seed firmer includes a base support to be positioned in operation in proximity to a trench for planting seed in the trench, a vision system coupled to the base support in operation to determine seed orientation data for a first seed in a pre-orientation position, and an actuator coupled to the base support. The actuator adjusts an orientation of a second seed to a desired seed orientation within the trench if desired based on the pre-orientation data for the first seed in the pre-orientation position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: PRECISION PLANTING LLC
    Inventors: Dale KOCH, Jeremy HODEL, Todd SWANSON, Ian RADTKE
  • Publication number: 20190289779
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, implements, and methods for seed orientation during planting operations of agricultural plants of agricultural fields. In one embodiment, a seed firmer includes a base support to be positioned in operation in proximity to a trench for planting seed in the trench and a lower member integrated with the base support or coupled to the base support. The lower member includes a non-planar ground contacting lower surface to adjust an orientation of the seed to a desired seed orientation within the trench and to position the seed within the trench at a desired depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: Precision Planting LLC
    Inventors: Dale KOCH, Jeremy HODEL, Todd SWANSON, Ian RADTKE
  • Publication number: 20190289780
    Abstract: A mobile agricultural machine has a valve controlled to apply liquid material to a field. An application assembly defines a conduit from the valve to a distal application tip. The application assembly includes a distal conduit section that has an inner diameter that is smaller than an inner diameter of a more proximal conduit section, that is closer to the valve, than the distal tip of the application assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: GRANT J. WONDERLICH, Kenneth Herrmann
  • Publication number: 20190289781
    Abstract: A lawnmower with a mulch plug with a plurality ramps for deflecting lawn clippings out of a cutting deck with more than one depth planes. The mulch plug is configured to attach to the lawnmower by one or more attachment points to block a collector opening of the lawnmower. The plurality of ramps comprises a first ramp and a second ramp on the lower plane of the cutting deck extending downward from the mulch plug. The second ramp is positioned further in the cutting rotation of the lawnmower on a trailing edge of the mulch plug. The secure attachment of the mulch plug with a plurality of ramps provides a more even distribution of grass clippings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Christopher D. MEEKS
  • Publication number: 20190289782
    Abstract: An electric walk behind greens mower includes an electric reel motor rotating a cutting reel; an electric traction motor rotating at least one traction drive roller; and an electronic control unit commanding the electric traction motor and the electric reel motor to rotate at reduced speeds during a turn if an electronic signal indicates a deviation from a normal walk speed. The electronic control unit also may determine if the actual speed of the electric traction motor is substantially less than the speed specified by a speed lever, and then command the electric reel motor and the electric traction motor to rotate at a lower speed than specified by the speed lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Punamchandra Kulkarni, Sandip Edake, Saravanan Deenadayalan, Chinmay Deshpande, Rajesaheb Bagwan, Bhupesh Agrawal, Naveen Kumar
  • Publication number: 20190289783
    Abstract: A mower deck level adjuster includes a pair of draft links connected to a frame of a grass mowing machine and pivotable to a plurality of different cutting heights using a foot pedal or hand lever for raising and lowering the mower deck. A pair of adjuster brackets may be attached to the pair of draft links and to a pair of deck brackets on the mower deck. Each adjuster bracket may be pivotable to a plurality of different positions relative to the draft links to secure the mower deck at a level position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Frank M. Welz, Kyle T. Ressler
  • Publication number: 20190289784
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a mulch plug configured to attach to a lawnmower by one or more attachment points, including a snap-fit attachment point. The snap-fit provides a more secure attachment to the lawnmower than attachment mechanisms on existing mulch plugs, in turn providing more even distribution of mulch and less clogging and locking of mower wheels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher D. MEEKS, Steven J. BUSJAHN
  • Publication number: 20190289785
    Abstract: In a utility vehicle, equipped with a lawnmower work unit having a circular single blade disk rotatable around a rotating shaft connected to an output shaft of a work motor (prime mover) mounted on a chassis, and multiple (three) blades attached to a circumference of the blade disk at equally spaced apart positions, a single second disk is fixed to a middle of the surface of the blade disk of the lawnmower work unit at fixing positions that are spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji KASAI, Hideshi SASAKI, Susumu OKUBO
  • Publication number: 20190289786
    Abstract: A method for growing plants includes both a seeder and a harvester both of which include arrangements for singulating the seeds and for measuring parameters of the seeds while singulated. This can be used for seeding selected seeds and for harvesting particular plants. The system operates by correlating information from the individual seeded seeds and from the harvested seeds in respect of a particular location on the growth medium and may include information relating the growth medium at the location. The location can be determined by seeding the plants in patterns which can be detected by a reader on the harvester. The system can be used to control selection of seeds to take into account soil conditions at the plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: David Prystupa, John Pacak
  • Publication number: 20190289787
    Abstract: A forage harvester has multiple working elements for carrying out a crop handling process, a drive system which is divided into a main drive train that includes mechanically driven working elements, and an auxiliary drive train that includes hydraulically driven working elements, a driver assistance system which comprises a memory for storing data and a computing device for processing data stored in the memory, as well as a graphical user interface. The working elements consist of at least one adjustable crop handler, at least one actuator system for adjusting and/or actuating the crop handler, and a control unit for controlling the actuator system. The working element is designed as an automatic adjuster whose mode of operation can be optimized by the driver assistance system. The driver assistance system feeds a throughput-proportional load signal, which can be determined by at least one sensor system, to the particular automatic adjuster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Heitmann, Ingo Boenig, Bjoern Stremlau, Frédéric Fischer, Andre Dammann, Stefan Schiewer, Felix Herter, Jan Furmaniak, Bastian Kriebel
  • Publication number: 20190289788
    Abstract: A system and method for sensing an edge of a region includes at least one distance sensor configured to detect a plurality of distances of objects along a plurality of adjacent scan lines. A controller is in communication with the at least one distance sensor and is configured to determine a location of an edge of a region within the plurality of adjacent scan lines. The controller includes a comparator module configured to compare values corresponding to the detected plurality of distances, and an identification module configured to identify the location of the edge of the region according to the compared values. In one example, the values corresponding to the detected plurality of distances include couplets of standard deviations that are analyzed and selected to identify the location of the edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: James Edward Slichter, Andrew Joseph Pierson, Derek Michael Stotz, Jonathan William Richardson
  • Publication number: 20190289789
    Abstract: A cutting attachment includes a mounting bracket and a cutting deck. The mounting bracket is configured to couple to at least one hydraulic arm of a tractor or excavator. The cutting deck is coupled to the mounting bracket. The cutting deck includes an inner surface, an outer surface, a motor coupled to the inner surface, a blade carrier coupled to the outer surface and rotatable by the motor, and at least one blade coupled to the blade carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Johnny E. Grice
  • Publication number: 20190289790
    Abstract: An agricultural gas wand system for distributing gas to a plant set including at least two supports adapted to be place adjacent the plant set, at least one elongated gas wand that engages two supports so that it is supported, adjustably with respect to height, adjacent the plant set, the at least one gas emission wand having a tubular body with a gas transmission lumen and at least one gas emitter element disposed on or in the body for egress of gas from the gas transmission lumen to the environment adjacent the plant set. Also disclosed is an agricultural gas canopy system including an elongated vertical support placed in close proximity to the plant set, and emitter array selectively coupleable to the support so that it is supported, adjustably with respect to height, above the plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Stewart E. Erickson
  • Publication number: 20190289791
    Abstract: An LED plant light includes a light post, a light body and a rotating member. An elevation angle of the light body is adjusted by rotating the rotating member. The light post includes an adjustable member for adjusting the total length of the light post to adjust the height of the light body. The light body includes a first body portion, a second and third body portions respectively connected to the first body portion. The light angle of the light body can be changed by adjusting the angle between the first and second body portions or between the first and third body portions. The structure not only can meet the lighting use needs from seedling stage to growth stage, but also greatly improve the utilization efficiency of the LED plant light, minimize the planting time of plants to realize modular usage, simple the installation and maintenance and improve economic benefits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Qing LAN, Tianlong DAI, Ligen LIU, Shoubao CHEN
  • Publication number: 20190289792
    Abstract: A plant storage apparatus for higher retention of phytochemical content of a plant including a storage unit having an inner space for storing the plant, an ultraviolet (UV) unit provided to the storage unit and configured to emit UV light when the inner space is sealed, and a control unit configured to control operation of the UV unit such that the plant stored in the storage unit is irradiated with UV light to retain a higher phytochemical content than a plant not irradiated with UV light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Se Ryung KIM
  • Publication number: 20190289793
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for shaping and lifting a plurality of trees of varying heights and denseness using a cost-effective, universal tree shaping system. The apparatus comprises a sprocket having a central aperture and scalloped recesses around a perimeter. The sprocket is mounted to the top portion of a telescoping pole, which may have an implement at the bottom for securing in the ground. The pole is telescoped to lengthen the pole such that the top of the pole is approximately at the top of the tree. The sprocket is located on the top of the pole, providing a fulcrum for each of a plurality of cables. The plurality of cables (ropes, twine, or the like) are passed over the sprocket, where each cable is passed over two diametrically opposed scalloped recesses and secured to first and second tree branches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Majid Haghoo
  • Publication number: 20190289794
    Abstract: A plant cultivation facility includes multiple cultivation racks, each of the cultivation racks including multiple shelves for cultivating plants and a pair of closed sides extending in a longitudinal direction, the shelves each forming a tube inner space extending in the longitudinal direction. Each shelf includes an air inlet formed as an opening on one end of the tube inner space and an air outlet formed as an opening on the other end. The plant cultivation facility further includes: a cultivation room containing the cultivation racks; an air-conditioning room separated from the cultivation room; an air-conditioning device positioned in the air-conditioning room for sucking air from the cultivation racks through the air outlets into the air-conditioning room; and a discharge pipe positioned in the air-conditioning room, the discharge pipe being connected to the air-conditioning device for forwarding air from the air-conditioning room to be released into the cultivation room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Yasuhiro MATSUMURA, Yasufumi DAIMON
  • Publication number: 20190289795
    Abstract: A soil-covering film (10), which contains an air and moisture-permeable sheet, preferably a nonwoven sheet, containing biodegradable and/or compostable fibre (12) and, optionally, binding material (14), where the binding force between the fibres reversibly weakens due to the effect of moisture. A method for protecting crops (20) against weeds (30), by a soil-covering film (10): where the soil-covering film (10) is laid out on surface of the soil (40); the seeds (22) of the crop (20) are placed on the soil-covering film (10); the soil-covering film (10) is kept moist until the seeds (22) located on the surface grow roots (24) and the roots (24) penetrate the soil-covering film (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: HOLAGRO KFT.
    Inventor: Laszlo HORVATH
  • Publication number: 20190289796
    Abstract: The mulch spreader is a piece of lawn maintenance equipment that comprises a rotating mulch dispensing chute and a compressed air mulch loosening feature. The mulch spreader is wheeled and has a hopper that is suspended above the ground on wheel supports. A rotating dispenser chute is situated below the hopper and the rotating action of the chute spreads mulch over a wider area than a simply ‘drop chute’ would cover. The motor that causes the chute rotation is powered by a rechargeable battery contained within the mulch spreader. The same rechargeable battery also powers an air compressor. Air from the air compressor may be used to loosen mulch in the hopper and to expel mulch from the hopper via an optional external hose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: DIMITRI WHITE
  • Publication number: 20190289797
    Abstract: A vertical plant support system that is anchored into the ground by a stake to provide a solid support which holds a long hollow rectangular prism that is attached to it. This hollow rectangular prism has holes throughout its length on all 4 sides. A brace-like attachment is then attached to the hollow rectangular prism using the holes as a point of contact at various points of the growth of the vertical growing plants. These braces can be attached at any time during the growth of the plant. Additionally, there is a connection piece that connects 2 hollow rectangular prisms in order to vertically extend the height of the support system. This allows the full vertical support system to grow indeterminately along with the plant. This support system supports the plant from a lower elevation to a higher elevation, in response to the growth of the plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Anisha S. Vyas, Jessie M Kapoor, Parveen S. Kapoor, Shabnam D. Satyarthi
  • Publication number: 20190289798
    Abstract: A blowing-suction machine includes an engine, a volute, a vent assembly and a vacuum pipe. The engine is installed at an upper end of the volute; the vent assembly is installed at a front end of the volute; an output shaft of the engine in the volute is coupled to a vane; a first shaft of a self-propelled device is coupled to a lower end of the first shaft; both ends of a second shaft of the self-propelled device are coupled to a wheel self-propelled device and a rolling-sweeping-combing device respectively; and the vacuum pipe has an end coupled to the vent assembly and the other end disposed in front of a garbage deposit box. This disclosure features a simple structure and a clever design and provides the self-propelled, automatic sweeping, automatic grass combing, and garbage crushing functions to improve the blowing-suction rate significantly and provide a convenient use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Zhiqiang WU
  • Publication number: 20190289799
    Abstract: A crop production system includes a number of crop production units which are coupled to a crop control centre. The crop production units are configured to perform a method for cultivating and producing a crop, where all climatological ambient factors and the light spectrum, which in their mutual relation determine the development of the crop, are regulated and controlled on the basis of a cultivation schedule which can be obtained from the crop control centre. For the purpose of production and development of a growth-promoting agent and/or crop protection agent and for the purpose of breeding a plant variety, one or more plants of a crop are at least substantially exactly reproduced in accordance with the cultivating method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Martinus Kers, Klaas Heijmans, Leendert Pieter Jacob van Duijn
  • Publication number: 20190289800
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an onion growing method, and more particularly, to an onion growing method that includes the steps of: (a) allowing onions to be dormant; (b) breaking the dormancy of the onions; (c) planting the onions of which dormancy is broken in a field; (d) growing the planted onions to produce a plurality of stems and bulbs divided from the respective onions; and (e) harvesting the plurality of stems and bulbs. According to the present disclosure, the onion growing method does not have any limitation in growth time unlike a conventional onion growing method, reduces a period of growth, and drastically increasing onion yield to raise a farmer's profits. Also, the onion growing method stably supplies onion stems and leaves, thereby providing various profits through onions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Dohye KIM
  • Publication number: 20190289801
    Abstract: An emitter forms a flow path that runs to a discharge part from a water collecting part for receiving an irrigation liquid in a tube. The flow path includes a flow rate control part which includes: an end surface including a concave inclined surface that faces a film for receiving the pressure of the liquid inside the tube; a hole that opens at the center of the flow volume control part and connects to the discharge part; and a groove crossing the inclined surface and running to the hole. When the film adheres to the inclined surface as a result of the pressure of the irrigation liquid inside the tube, the flow volume of the irrigation liquid inside the emitter is controlled so as to be a volume that can pass through the groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Masahiro KIDACHI
  • Publication number: 20190289802
    Abstract: A planting system for irrigating, aerating and delivering a supply of a growth promoting fluid to a potted plant. The planting system comprises a container defining a reservoir for storing a supply of growth promoting fluid and a cavity for holding a quantity of growing medium. The planting system further comprises a wick assembly configured to convey a flow of the growth promoting fluid to the growing medium in the plant cavity. The wick assembly includes first and second portions which are in fluid communication by a wicking medium. The first portion includes a first end of the wicking medium which is disposed in the reservoir to absorb the growth promoting fluid. The second portion including a second end of the wicking medium disposed in the plant cavity and in contact with the growing medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: Bo-Mer Plastics, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas R. Herbert, JR., Robert Alan Buckley
  • Publication number: 20190289803
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods for growing marijuana plants, particularly for regulated purposes, for example medical purposes or in some jurisdictions recreational purposes, have automated subsystems with sensors to provide feedback information about system, apparatus and plant growth parameters to one or more controllers so that the one or more controllers can alter one or more parameters to provide optimal conditions for the growing and harvesting of the marijuana plants. In particular aspects, the systems, apparatuses and methods provide for control of odors produced during the growing of marijuana, root management of the marijuana plants and control over important levels of chemicals provided to the plants, for example enzymes and flavor additives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: AVID GROWING SYSTEMS INC
    Inventors: Patrick Gagne, Jody CLUGSTON, Jonathon POUNDER
  • Publication number: 20190289804
    Abstract: The present technology generally relates to a method for inducing polyploidy in a Cannabis plant, the method comprising treating the Cannabis plant or a part thereof with an amount of a dinitroaniline compound effective to induce polyploidy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Ekaterina A. BOUDKO, Jessica L. PARSONS
  • Publication number: 20190289805
    Abstract: The present specification relates to a culturing method for cultured leguminous roots having an increased coumestrol content, the method being capable of mass-producing coumestrol, which is present in a very small amount in a leguminous plant, wherein the culturing method comprises the steps of: (a) germinating leguminous seeds in a culture medium to induce in vitro plants having cotyledons, hypocotyls, and radicles; (b) culturing, in a culture medium, at least one site of cotyledons, hypocotyls, and radicles of the induced in vitro plant to induce site-specific cultured roots; and (c) multiplying the induced site-specific cultured roots in a culture medium, wherein the culture medium contains nutrient components of NH4NO3, CaCl2.2H2O, MgSO4.7H2O, KH2PO4, and KNO3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Eun Jung LEE, Young-Gyu KANG, Jun Seong PARK, So Young PARK, Young Eun KIM
  • Publication number: 20190289806
    Abstract: Stevia cultivars, designated A01, A03, A05, A06, A07 and A08, are disclosed. Plant parts of stevia cultivars, the plants of stevia, methods for producing a stevia plant produced by crossing the cultivars with itself or another stevia variety, hybrid stevia seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar with another stevia cultivar and plant products e.g. glycosides, are within the scope of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Mel Clinton Jackson
  • Publication number: 20190289807
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Jacob Charles Delheimer, Brian Scott Erdahl, Kevin Chris Threlkeld, Joseph William Strottman, Kurt Milan Lindenbaum, David Scott Lee
  • Publication number: 20190289808
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of soybean variety CL1463825, CL1560023, CL1560457, CL1560517, CL1561938, CL1562168, CL1562319, CW1410004, CW1660237, EC1661076, EE1660540, and EW1660267 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to soybean varieties CL1463825, CL1560023, CL1560457, CL1560517, CL1561938, CL1562168, CL1562319, CW1410004, CW1660237, EC1661076, EE1660540, and EW1660267 and to the seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny of each or any of these cultivars, and methods of using CL1463825, CL1560023, CL1560457, CL1560517, CL1561938, CL1562168, CL1562319, CW1410004, CW1660237, EC1661076, EE1660540, or EW1660267 in a breeding program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Jacob Charles Delheimer, David Scott Lee, Brian Scott Erdahl, Kurt Milan Lindenbaum, Daniela Sarti Dvorjak, Joseph William Strottman
  • Publication number: 20190289809
    Abstract: A petunia-calibrachoa plant designated SAKPXC026 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of petunia-calibrachoa SAKPXC026, the plants of petunia-calibrachoa SAKPXC026, to plant parts of petunia-calibrachoa SAKPXC026, and methods for producing a plant produced by crossing petunia-calibrachoa SAKPXC026 with itself or with another variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to varieties, breeding varieties, plant parts, and cells derived from petunia-calibrachoa SAKPXC026, methods for producing other lines or plant parts derived from petunia-calibrachoa SAKPXC026, and the plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing petunia-calibrachoa SAKPXC026 with another variety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: Sakata Seed Corporation
    Inventor: Jun Tsukahara
  • Publication number: 20190289810
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a smart defecation plate including a companion animal medical examination kit. More specifically, the smart defecation plate includes: a body the center of which is formed in a concave shape; an upper plate which is coupled to the top of the body, and in which defecation holes are formed in a grid pattern; a pad part which includes a waterproof pad and absorption pads attached to the waterproof pad and configured to absorb a fluid entering through the defecation holes and which is disposed between the body and the upper plate; and a medical examination kit which is disposed on the top of the pad part. According to the present invention, the medical examination kit is provided on the top of the pad part, and thus the health state of a companion animal may be diagnosed through an introduced fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Jeho PARK
  • Publication number: 20190289811
    Abstract: A waste scooper includes a handle portion and a scoop member. The scoop member has a front edge, a rear wall and a plurality of tines. The plurality tines are spaced such that a distance between each tine of the plurality of tines and each adjacent tine of the plurality tines is the same, and the distance is consistent between each tine of the plurality of tines and each adjacent tine of the plurality tines from the front edge to the rear wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: David VENESS, John ZIVICH
  • Publication number: 20190289812
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composition for controlling malodor of animal waste, wherein the composition comprises a substrate with a specific surface area less than about 60 m2/g and an ammonia-controlling effective amount of a salt of chlorous acid and may further comprise an acid activating agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: James Li
  • Publication number: 20190289813
    Abstract: An apparatus for transporting an animal is provided. The apparatus includes a body having a plurality of panels that are operative to transition between a closed position and an open position. In the closed position, the panels define a cavity that is configured to contain an animal. In the open position, the panels define a bed mat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Natsuki Hayashi, Daniel Grossman, Melissa Seligmann Gokhvat
  • Publication number: 20190289814
    Abstract: A pet tent support structure includes a top-portion support, a bottom-portion support, and two lateral supports capable of being sequentially folded towards the bottom-portion support. The top-portion support includes two horizontal rods capable of being respectively folded towards the lateral supports. The bottom-portion support is a rectangular structure formed by four horizontal rods. The two lateral supports each comprise a horizontal rod and two vertical rods respectively connected to two ends of the horizontal rod. The vertical rods are connected to the bottom-portion support via bottom-portion connection members, and the bottom-portion connection members of the two lateral supports have a difference in height therebetween. The pet tent support structure can be folded easily and quickly, and the size of the structure after folding is small and occupies a small space, thus enabling convenient storage and carrying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Rumin Zhuo
  • Publication number: 20190289815
    Abstract: A window-mounted pet litter housing is described. The housing is equipped with at least one door, a front opening, a transparent rear panel, a ceiling, a floor, and at least one window anchor mount. The front opening facilitates access to the housing by the pet. The interior of the housing provides adequate space for the pet litter box, as well as space for the pet to lie down and peer through the transparent rear panel. Vented louvers are disposed in the left wall and right wall which provide ventilation while preventing rain and snow from entering the housing. A mounting plate present in the preferred embodiment expedites and facilitates secure installation of the housing from inside the structure equipped with the window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Alden Martinez