PLANT SETTING MACHINE Russian patent published in 1996 - IPC

FIELD: agricultural engineering. SUBSTANCE: plant setting machine has frame, drive, case with planting stock, feeding device, plant position stabilizer, press-wheel coverer and metered water feed system. The latter has reservoir and flexible water conduit with shutoff device. Machine drive has system of rods forming multilink mechanism. Lower longitudinal rod is connected by one end with drive wheel and by other end, with plant pusher located in boot. Lower rod in its middle portion is connected by spring with pin of slotted-link mechanism and by vertical rod, with feeding device interrupted rotation mechanism. Feeding device is made in form of vertical axle. Mounted on axle is disk with plant holders in form of semicones. Interrupted rotation mechanism is made in form of drum whose end is made in form of polyhedral cup. Plant position stabilizer is made in form of truncated hollow cylinder with dovetail cutout in lower portion. Hollow cylinder is hinge-connected with vertical rod. EFFECT: enlarged operating capabilities. 2 cl, 6 dwg