APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING OF SEEDS FROM CUCURBITACEOUS CROP FRUIT Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC A23N4/00 

FIELD: agricultural engineering.

SUBSTANCE: apparatus has hopper incorporating fruit destructing device and device designed for separating seeds from crushed heap and equipped with ceilings and rod-type bottom. Fruit destructing device is equipped with feeding conveyor and is made in the form of three rubberized rolls provided with drive and having unequal diameters. Maximum diameter roll is located within bearing supports, is connected with drive through elastic coupling and is provided with shield mounted above said roll. Medium and minimum diameter rolls are positioned for rotation in opposite directions, are spring-loaded and are kinematically connected with maximum diameter roll through synchronizing transmission. Medium and minimum diameter rolls have return chamber positioned behind said chambers and joined with ceiling. Device for separating seeds from ground heap is mounted between rod-type bottoms, above sap collecting chute and is made in the form of oppositely rotating pair of beaters kinematically connected through synchronizing transmission, said beaters being formed as round rods. Beaters are positioned in parallel with axis of rotation of beaters in diametrical plane and are connected with casing of beaters through double-armed levers mounted on said casing. Beaters of one beating device are arranged relative to beaters of other beating device with rotation around axis of rotation of one of them at an angle of 90 deg.

EFFECT: increased yield of standard seeds.

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