DEVICE FOR MICROWAVE PRESOWING AND POST-HARVESTING TREATMENT OF SEEDS Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC A01C1/00 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: device for pre-sowing treatment of seeds comprises a charging hopper-distributor for feeding seeds in the chamber for seed humidification with the spray solution, the microwave chamber connected to the microwave source, and connected to the chamber for seed humidification, a guiding air duct located on the bottom of the microwave chamber, and a receiving hopper. To displace the seeds into the working zone of the microwave chamber there is a belt conveyor with a drive. Inside the guiding air duct the air separator-distributor is mounted for uniform distribution of warm air flow along the length of the working zone of the dryer. In the working zone the seeds are irradiated with electromagnetic energy emitted by the horns. The outlet of the air separator-distributor is located between the upper and lower branches of the conveyor. In the middle part of the chamber for seed humidification there is a telescopic strut inside which a distributor is mounted with the ability of rotation. The latter is rigidly connected to the disc for the distribution of seeds and sprayer of the chamber for seed humidification and communicates with the power driven pump to feed the solution to the sprayer.

EFFECT: invention enables to improve the quality of seed treatment, to stimulate the vitality of seeds and plants cultivated from them, and to reduce the specific energy consumption.

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