Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01C—PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING
  • A01C1/00—Apparatus, or methods of use thereof, for testing or treating seed, roots, or the like, prior to sowing or planting
  • A01C1/08—Immunising seed
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01C—PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING
  • A01C9/00—Potato planters

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• the present invention concerns a disinfecting apparatus for an automatic potato planting machine, in which machine the potatoes are fed by means of bands or chains one at a time from a potato container into the planting tubes of the machine.
• the object of the present invention is to eliminate all of the above problems, which is achieved by means of a disinfecting apparatus that is character ⁇ ized in that the disinfecting apparatus comprises a con ⁇ tainer for a powdery disinfecting agent, a mixing chamber communicating with the container through a dosimeter, a blower connected to the mixing chamber , and connecting pipes passing from the mixing chamber into each of the planting tubes in the potato planting machine.
• the disinfecting apparatus in accordance with the invention comprises a container 1 for the powdery disinfecting agent and a mixing chamber 3 communicating with the container 1 through a dosimeter 2, in which said mixing chamber the disinfecting agent is taken into a strong turbulent air flow from a blower 4 connected to the mixing chamber 3 and is carried from the mixing chamber 3 along separate connecting pipes 5 to each of the planting tubes 7 in the potato planting machine 6 , into which said tubes one potato at a time is fed from a potato container 11 by means of bands or chains 8.
• the container should preferably be f nnel-shaped, at least in its bottom portion.
• stirrer By mounting a stirrer in the container 1 for the disinfecting agent right above the dosimeter 2, it is possible to secure a definitely uniform supply of the disinfecting agent to the dosimeter and, thus, to the mixing chamber 3.
• the function of the stirrer is to keep the powder material in a fluffy state, on one hand, and to feed the powder f rther into the dosimeter 2, on the other hand.
• a suitable embodiment of the mixing chamber 3 is a substan ⁇ tially vertical ube, to whose bottom end the blower 4 is connected and to whose top end the connecting pipes 5 are connected, preferably by means of a branch piece 9.
• the connecting pipes 5 may be pro ⁇ vided with a branch piece 10 before the corresponding planting tube 7 , which said branch piece divides the powder-air flow in two component flows, which flow into the planting tube 7 from opposite sides .
• This arrangement is also justified thereby that, usually, two potato-feed bands or chains 8 placed side by side are arranged in the same planting tube 7, whereat each of the component flows is directed at a band or chain 8 of its own.
• the advantage of having two chains 8 per planting tube 7 lies, as is well known, therein that, in such a case, the speed of the chains 8 has to be only about one half of the speed that would be required by the running speed of the potato planting machine 6 if only one chain 8 per planting tube 7 were used.

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• Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
• Soil Sciences (AREA)
• Environmental Sciences (AREA)
• Pretreatment Of Seeds And Plants (AREA)
• Sowing (AREA)
• Apparatuses For Bulk Treatment Of Fruits And Vegetables And Apparatuses For Preparing Feeds (AREA)
• Transplanting Machines (AREA)
• Preparation Of Fruits And Vegetables (AREA)

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• 1987
  • 1987-04-24 FI FI871816A patent/FI81945C/sv not_active IP Right Cessation
• 1988
  • 1988-04-20 WO PCT/FI1988/000058 patent/WO1988008244A1/en not_active Ceased
  • 1988-04-20 EP EP88903851A patent/EP0424367A1/de not_active Withdrawn

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