SEEDING UNIT Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: agricultural engineering. SUBSTANCE: seeding unit has hopper and dosing device located inside hopper. Dosing device is made in the form of assembled disk with horizontal axis of revolution. Disk has cells arranged circumferentially thereof and defined by bundles of bristles, which are fixed along disk perimeter by means of perforated tape. Each bundle of bristles is made U-shaped. Free ends of bristles are arranged in adjacent tape perforations. Tape is deformed to annular shape and is located in channels of assembled disk. Channels are formed in internal end walls of flanges, which are interconnected by means of spacer ring. Perforated tape ends in opposite flange channels are fixed by means of cylindrical stop with channels on its surface. Seeding unit of such construction may be used for single drilling of seeds, including germinated seeds. EFFECT: increased efficiency in single drilling and enhanced reliability in operation. 6 cl, 5 dwg