SEEDLING MACHINE Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: agriculture, in particular, planting of vegetable crops without pots. SUBSTANCE: seedling machine has frame mounted on carrier and driving wheels. Additional loading device, share with inclined chute, covering rolls, feeder and feeder driving mechanism are mounted on frame. Feeder has housing, cantilevered drum with resilient covering, lower feeding roller, lower drive roller, upper drive roller and upper feeding roller. One ends of belts are fixed on drum and other ends running around drive rollers are fixed on feeding rollers. Plant crowns are faced toward feeder housing side surface provided with shaped slot. Feeder driving mechanism has supporting and driving wheel, chain drive, counterdrive shaft, counterdrive sprocket, driving shaft of feeder lower drive roller, intermediate gear, chain transmission, drive shaft sprocket, chain transmission, friction clutch of driven shaft for lower feeding roller drive, feeder, gear pairs, drive shaft of feeder upper drive roller drive, chain transmission, friction clutch of driven shaft for feeder upper roller drive, drum friction clutch, cam clutches, handles, movable pins and sleeves. EFFECT: increased efficiency, reduced weight of feeder, improved versatility and protection of seedlings from adverse outer effects. 3 cl, 3 dwg