IMPROVED MATERIAL DISPENSING DEVICE FOR AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT AND OPERATION METHOD Russian patent published in 2022 - IPC A01C7/04 

FIELD: agricultural equipment.

SUBSTANCE: present invention relates to a granular material dispensing device. The device contains a casing forming a chamber with an inlet and an outlet for granular material, a dispensing element made with the possibility of rotation in the chamber with the formation in the specified chamber of the first compartment, in which material is stored, and which communicates with the inlet and the outlet. The specified dispensing element has a hole providing communication of the first compartment with the second compartment, wherein there is a possibility of adhesion of some amount of material to it due to the difference in pressure between the first and the second compartments, wherein there is also a selection element in the first compartment, made with the possibility of movement between the first position away from the hole and the second position, in which a section of the selection element partially overlaps the specified hole and a control unit configurated for launch of an actuator for placement of the selection element in any position between the first and the second positions.

EFFECT: invention will allow for an increase in the accuracy of sowing seeds one by one regardless a seed type, a seed batch, and environmental values.

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