POTATO PLANTING UNIT FOR SMALL AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: agricultural engineering, in particular, tillage of small areas. SUBSTANCE: potato planting unit is fixed in alignment with transport wheels 18 and has drum 16 with conical surfaces connected at portion disposed above furrow. Cells 20 are disposed at conical surface junction points. Resilient pads 21 are placed on cell bottoms. Seed potato guide 14 connecting hopper with at least 1/3 of drum area is defined at front side by spring-type splitter 15 adjacent to drum 16. Potato planting unit has set of readily detachable transport wheels having diameters based on ratio recited in Specification, where D is wheel diameter; K is number of cells in drum; P is space between tubers in furrow, mm. Agitator drive is mounted on furrower. Hopper or agitator is connected with vehicle controllers allowing planting process to be controlled. Furrower and covering disks are readily detached and replaced. EFFECT: increased efficiency, improved quality of seed material and simplified construction. 4 cl, 3 dwg