SOWING UNIT Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC A01C7/04 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: sowing unit comprises a housing with a lid, a hopper, a roller-reflector and a cell wheel with through cylindrical-shaped cells. The cell wheel is mounted vertically in the housing. Inside the cell wheel a sectored depth stop of cells is located with spring end and brackets with a slot rigidly connected to it. The brackets are attached to the housing lid with the ability to move relative to the cell wheel. In the housing a tubular guide is rigidly fixed. The upper part of the tubular guide made funnel shaped.

EFFECT: use of the invention enables to reduce the number of twins and to reduce the percentage of seed crushing, and also to simplify the design, to improve the quality of sowing and reliability in operation and provides an opportunity to control visually the process of the gap changing.

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