TRAVELING MACHINE FOR SOWING OF SEEDS IN PREDETERMINED POINTS Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: agricultural engineering, in particular, equipment for sowing farm crop seeds and subsequent cultivation of young crops. SUBSTANCE: traveling machine has bearing frame, on which are mounted seed vessels and fertilizer vessels equipped with dosing devices, seed guides, fertilizer guides, planter and holemakers provided with subsoilers. Planter is made replaceable and includes case with planting mechanism composed of base seed and fertilizer discharge openings and lower section with chambers for preliminary charging of fertilizers and accumulation of soil. Holemakers are arranged in case lower part in equally spaced relation with respect to one another in equilateral triangle pattern, said triangles being united to form hexagon. Holemakers are equipped with borers having rotational drive mechanism. Planting mechanism has holes formed in its base and adapted for passage of borers. Planter has drives for moving thereof in vertical and horizontal planes with respect to machine. Planting mechanism has drive to provide for horizontal displacement thereof with respect to planter. Borer drive mechanism has drive for horizontal movement thereof relative to planting mechanism. Lower section has drive for horizontal movement thereof with respect to base. Planter is further equipped with control unit for controlled switching-on of drives in predetermined order. Machine is furnished with second planter and replaceable tillage units. Both planters are fitted with switches and retainers to provide for synchronous operation thereof. EFFECT: increased yield and improved quality of cultivated product. 3 cl, 18 dwg