AUTOMATED NON-CONTAMINATING DEVICE FOR SELECTION OF SAMPLES FROM SEEDS AND METHODS OF SAMPLING, TESTING AND ACCUMULATION OF SEEDS Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC G01N1/02 A01C1/00 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: automated system comprises a station of seeds loading to separate seeds from multiple seeds and a system of seeds orientation to receive separated seeds from the station of seeds loading and orientation of the specified seeds. The system also comprises a station of sampling for removal of a seed material sample from the specified seeds. The automated system may also be made as comprising a treatment station to remove at least a part of seed shell material and a station of sampling to extract a sample of seed material with stripped shells. At the same time the system comprises a subsystem for collection and transportation of samples to grip an extracted sample into a collecting tube installed on a device for positioning of a collecting tube in the subsystem of collection and transportation of samples, and a subsystem to deposit samples for transportation of a sample from the subsystem of collection and transportation of samples to a selected nest in a tray for samples. The automated method includes a stage of separate seeds separation from the multiple seeds and to align separate seeds in the system of orientation. Afterwards the sample is removed from at least one of the oriented seeds in the sampling station, and separate seeds are transported into nests of the tray for seeds, and then the sample is transported into the nest of the tray for samples.

EFFECT: selected sample is not contaminated, improved validity of measurement results.

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