Device for single-grain sowing

• US 10,638,654 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2016
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kverneland Group Soest GmbH (Kubota Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kverneland AS (Kubota Corporation)
• Inventors: Winkelmann, Michael, Grafe, Andreas
• Primary Examiner(s): Novosad, Christopher J.
• Application Number:
  US15/761,845
• Publication Number:
  US 20180279544A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,315 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A01C 7/04 Single-grain seeders with or without suction devices
• CPC Class Codes: A01C 7/0445 Seed ejectors
• CPC Class Codes: A01C 7/046 with perforated seeding discs

Abstract

A single-grain sowing device comprising: a drum rotatable about an axis of rotation, a cavity formed in the drum, wherein an end face of the cavity is delimited by a sowing disc, in which multiple sowing holes are arranged on a notional circular path at a distance to each other, a body arranged in the cavity, rotatable about an axis arranged at a distance and parallel to the axis of rotation, with one part of the surface thereof resting against the sowing disc such that, when the sowing disc rotates, same temporarily seals a respective passed sowing hole on the inside, wherein the body can be rolled out on an outer casing surface surrounding the cavity, and a pressure spring, wherein the pressure spring presses the body against the casing surface.

Claims

1. A device for the scattered delivery of seeds, comprising:

a drum rotatable about a first axis of rotation, the drum comprising an outer jacket surface, a sowing disc, and a rear wall located opposite the sowing disc, the drum having a cavity that is encompassed by the outer jacket surface, the sowing disc, and the rear wall, the cavity having an end face that is delimited by the sowing disc, the sowing disc having multiple sowing holes arranged therethrough at a distance from each other on a notational circular path;

a body arranged in the cavity, the body being rotatable about a second axis of rotation that is arranged at a distance from and parallel to the first axis of rotation, said body having a front end surface, a part of the front end surface resting against the sowing disc, the body being configured to temporarily seal a passed one of the sowing holes on an inside thereof when the sowing disc rotates the body being rollable on the outer jacket surface; and

a pressure spring configured to press the body against the outer jacket surface in a radial direction with respect to the first axis of rotation.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the pressure spring is arranged on a pressure plate.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the drum is rotatably arranged on and accommodated by a shaft corresponding with the first axis of rotation,

wherein the pressure spring is arranged in a coulisse of an arm,

wherein the body is arranged on an outer end of the arm, and

wherein an inner end of the arm is secured to the shaft.

4. The device according to claim 3, further comprising:

a pressure plate arranged in the coulisse of the arm.

5. The device according to claim 3, wherein the arm has an outer stop for limiting movement of the body.

6. The device according to claim 3, wherein the arm is a leaf spring, which is bent in a direction of the sowing disc.

7. The device according to claim 3, wherein a sliding carriage is arranged in the coulisse, on which the pressure spring presses.

8. The device according to claim 7, wherein the sliding carriage has clips for movable arrangement in the coulisse.

9. The device according to claim 7, wherein the sliding carriage has a tongue on its outer end, and

wherein the tongue is narrower than an inner part of the sliding carriage.

10. The device according to claim 3, wherein a pin for accommodating the body is arranged in an outer area of the coulisse.

11. The device according to claim 10, wherein the sliding carriage presses on the pin.

12. The device according to claim 10, wherein the pin can be rotated about a pendulum axis perpendicular to a radial direction (R).

13. The device according to claim 12, wherein the pin has a stop for limiting the rotation thereof about the pendulum axis.

14. The device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a dust protection device that contacts a mounting of the body with an elevated outer annular surface.