SOWING DEVICE FOR SOAKED AND COUCHED SEEDS OF CROPS Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC A01C7/16 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: sowing device includes seed box, sowing belt conveyor with cells and active guides, seed feeding line. Sowing conveyor is installed on driving and tension blocks vertically. Under driving unit of conveyor there is a spring-loaded roller pusher of seeds. Number of rollers in pusher is equal to number of cells in transverse row of sowing conveyor. Cells of conveyor are arranged according to shape of seed, have grips and are installed between active guides. Height of cells is more than maximum thickness of sown crop seed. Height of grips is equal to height of active guides. Internal surface of grips is arranged as curvilinear, with diametre equal to maximum length of sown crop seed. Seed box is coupled with seed feeding line by receiver of seeds, which are installed below roller pusher. Side walls of seed box are inclined to sowing conveyor.

EFFECT: invention makes it possible to increase productivity and technical reliability of crop seeds sowing and increase their germinating ability by provision of specified accuracy of sowing without damage of seeds.

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