SEED TREATMENT APPARATUS Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: agricultural engineering, in particular, equipment for presowing treatment of seeds. SUBSTANCE: apparatus has hopper, feeding and discharge devices, toxic chemical aqueous suspension sprayer made in the form of tube with jet nozzle and Laval nozzle. Feeding device is provided with netted strips arranged contrary to one another and inclined at an angle of 45-50 deg to one another. Case bottom is positioned at an angle of 120-130 deg. Hopper bottom inside case is made netted and provided with centrally arranged slide valve. Aqueous suspension sprayer is positioned in lower part of case parallel to case bottom. EFFECT: increased efficiency in seed treatment, improved quality of applying thin layer of aqueous suspension of toxic chemicals on seed surface and reduced consumption of preparation. 2 dwg