HILL-DROP PLANTING UNIT FOR PLANTING GERMINATED SEEDS OF VEGETABLE CROPS Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC A01C7/16 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: planting unit comprises a housing with a plank located at the upper part of the seed box in which the vertical disks with spoons are located, placed on the holders mounted on the axes with a spring and a thrust. At that each holder has two spoons. On the housing the trap is mounted, which lower part is a seeding window. Each spoon has a cell formed by the shape and size of seeds of the sown crop - the length of the cell 1 corresponds to the maximum length of the seed, the cell width b - the maximum width of the seed, the cell depth 5 - minimum thickness of the seed of the sown crop. In the center of the cell an opening is made. The bottom of the cell has spillway grooves. The spoon is made of a material with a low coefficient of friction. In the bottom of the seed box an opening is made for air supply through the fitting with check valve and the control valve, connected by the hose to the compressor. The holder installation angle in the direction of the radius adjustable in the range of 20°…30°, depending on the sown crop.

EFFECT: invention enables to provide the ability of hill-drop planting the germinated seeds without their damaging with exact specified number of seeds in the hill.

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