DRILL FOR SOWING GRASS SEEDS INTO SOD SOIL Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: agricultural production. SUBSTANCE: drill has rotavator section with working members made in the form of S-shaped knives and sequentially arranged on frame. Rotavator section has sod tillage depth adjusting mechanism and housing. Seed guides, seed box with seeding units and covering rollers are fixed in rear part of housing. S-shaped knives are mounted on outer and inner sides of rotavator section disks and have tine, wing with bent part, cutting edges and rear edge. Wing bent part is made in the form of trapezium and is bent downward in parallel with tine. Sod tillage depth adjusting mechanism may be made in the form of bracket, which is equipped with supporting skid and may be adjusted in vertical plane. Bracket with skid is mounted on rotavator section. EFFECT: simplified and compact construction, reduced power consumption and improved quality of sod soil tillage and grass seed sowing. 2 cl, 5 dwg