PLANTING UNIT FOR PRECISION SEED DRILL Russian patent published in 2016 - IPC A01C7/14 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: drive drum has through holes in which seed channels are made in the form of pipes. The inner diameter of the pipes is 2-3 times larger than the maximum size of the seeds. At the ends of the seed channels the removable intake devices are formed, made in the form of buckets having the shape of a quarter of a hollow torus. The drive drum comprises spiral guides communicating on one end with the seed channels, and on the other - with a device of discharging the seeds.

EFFECT: invention with a relatively simple design enables to ensure accurate single-piece dosing of seeds of different crops, having a rounded shape.

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