PRE-TREATING MODULE FOR POTATO-PLANTING MACHINES Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC A01C1/08 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: potato tuber pre-treating unit in the form of additional equipment to the potato-planting machine comprises a container 1 for working fluid communicating through the pipes 2, locking metering fittings, and filter 5 with the spraying device communicating with the cavity of the tuber-duct. The spraying device is made in the form of a fan 9 with delivery 8 and suction 10 air-ducts. The latter has a drip pan 11 with a tip for supplying the working fluid 13. At the outlet of the delivery air-duct at an angle to the air flow the drip-crushers 14 are mounted with the grooved surface and it is communicated with the pins 7 and 13 for supplying the working fluid from the container and the drip pan. The tuber-duct walls are made sealed between the output and input holes of the delivery and suction air-ducts, respectively. Both air-ducts are communicated with the cavity of the tuber-duct to form a pre-treating chamber 15 in the spray zone of the working fluid with the recirculated air flow.

EFFECT: invention provides additional crushing drops to the size of fine aerosol and creation of an aerosol cloud of uniformly distributed in the pre-treating chamber, as well as recirculation and re-use of the agent not precipitated on the tubers.

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