RECONFIGURABLE SEED COMPACTOR Russian patent published in 2020 - IPC A01C5/06 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to agricultural equipment and can be used in compaction of soil during sowing. Re-configurable one-row / two-row seed compactor comprises a frame from a shaped profile, a fixed axis, a pin holder, a hook plate, two tension springs, two first spacer bushings and two sealing elements arranged on both sides of the frame from shaped profile. During sealing of seeds, which are upset in one row, two ends of two sealing support levers, remote from one end of fixed axis, are rigidly connected to the gripping plate; the hook plate is connected to the pin holder by means of the tension spring in the stretched state; both sealing support levers are located between two first spacer bushings; two first sealing wheels are located between two second spreading bushes. During sealing of seeds, which are upset in two rows, both first spacer bushings are located between two sealing support levers; both second spreading bushes are located between two first sealing wheels; second support shaft is arranged next to the frame from the shaped profile on one side of one end of the sealing support lever remote from the fixed axis; both sealing support levers are connected with pin holder by means of tension spring in stretched state.

EFFECT: higher efficiency of operation due to possibility of sealing during sowing of both one and two rows of seeds.

8 cl, 6 dwg