DEVICE FOR SOWING SEEDS Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC A01C7/02 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to hand means for sowing seeds, including sowing of mixtures of different-sized seeds. The device includes a multisection hopper mounted on the housing of a sowing tool made in the form of a hollow cylinder with a convex bottom made in the form of a part of a sphere. The device is equipped with a handle-holder with a mechanism controlling the supply of seeds from the multisection hopper. In the place of seeds output from the device, in the lateral wall of the cylinder a seeding window is made. The lower part height of the wall of the seeding window is made equal to the 0.1-1.5 of diameter of the largest seeds of a sown mixture.

EFFECT: device enables to provide simultaneous uniform sowing of a mixture of different-sized seeds, with simplification of its design.

5 cl, 3 dwg