DEVICE FOR SOWING GERMINATED SEEDS OF MELONS AND GOURDS Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC A01C7/16 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: device for sowing germinated seeds of melons and gourds comprises a seed box, which bottom with the sowing window is mounted at an angle of 45-50° to the horizontal plane and is tightly connected with its walls. On the bottom of the seed box the bracket for mounting the device to the section of the drill is mounted and the mesh seeding drive disc with a brush-shaped reflector of seeds is placed. The lower part of the bristles of the reflector has a parabolic bend towards the rotation of the seeding disc. In the non-operating zone the reflector is covered with the casing and secured to the side wall of the seed box over the sowing window. The sowing window has a length equal to the length of two cells, and the width greater than the width of two cells and is connected with the cells of the drive disc. The disc cells are made in shape and size of the seeds, are placed on the peripheral part of the disc in groups with the number of cells in a group, equal to the number of seeds sown into the slot. The seeding disc has the drive made from the reference wheel of the drill through the bevel gear. At that over the seeding disc the guide circular cone-turner is mounted with fixing to it, with the angle between its generator and the base, equal to 25-30°.

EFFECT: invention enables to improve the accuracy of the slot sowing seeds without damaging seedlings and yield of melons and gourds.

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