SHOVEL FOR MULTILEVEL APPLICATION OF FERTILISERS AND ITS OPERATION MODE Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC A01C15/06 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: shovel contains a bin for fertilisers, a slot forming device with two screens attached thereto with have a separator plate. Between the screens on an axle attached to a post a bushing is mounted connected to the seeder drive wheel via power transmission, a gear and a chain. On the bushing a moving disk and an adjustment disk are mounted. Along the moving disk circumference and along the outer part of the adjustment disk plates are attached in such a way that the L-shaped plates of the adjustment disk, when in assembly, form walls of rectangular cells for fertilisers with the moving disk plates and the disks planes, the cell volume being adjustable. The disks outer surface is covered with a housing. The moving disk plates are L-shaped while the adjustment disk is ring-shaped. The moving disk and the ring, when in assembly, are connected to the fertiliser bin. The housing is designed to be moving and has a tooth and a load for its turn. For application of fertilisers in the form of belts the chain is mounted so that to enable detachment.

EFFECT: invention enables seeding rate adjustment and fertiliser application efficiency improvement.

2 cl, 4 dwg