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Distributor for a monoseed sowing machine
Assignee: ATELIERS RIBOULEAU A FRENCH BODY CORPORATE
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Filing: 1989-04-24
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Granted: 1990-08-21
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Expires: 2009-04-24
Abstract
Abstract The distributor comprises a generally cylindrical case which is formed by a housing (1) and a cover (4) between which is rotatively mounted a distributor disk (18) provided with circumferentially spaced-apart orifices (48, 50). Inside the housing, a partition (24) defines a depression passageway (26) in communication with an suction duct (2). The passageway (26) includes a wide upper part (27) in the shape of a crescent which is extended at both ends by a narrow branch (28, 30). Formed in the upper part of the descending branch (30), relative to the direction of rotation of the disk (18), is a cavity (32, 33) for receiving a removable element (34) for isolating this branch from the source of depression. The inner wall of the passageway is provided with an air intake (39) whose opening is adjustable.
Inventors
- 👤 Michel Ribouleau
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 18:40
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01C; A01C7/00; A01C7/04; A01C7/042; A01C7/044; A01C7/0443; A01C7/046
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
161 words
A distributor for a monoseed sowing machine comprising a generally cylindrical case, a horizontal shaft supported on said case, a distributor disk rotatively mounted on said shaft and provided with circumferentially spaced-apart orifices, said disk separating in said case a seed container from a suction device so that the orifices are subjected to a depression which retains the seeds taken from the container during at least a part of their angular travel about said shaft, means for eliminating double seeds and, in a lower part of the case, a seed discharge opening, said suction device comprising, inside the case, a depression passageway which has substantially the shape of a crescent and ends which are extended toward each other along the periphery of the case by two narrow branches, said passageway comprising at a beginning of one of the branches a cavity and a closure element inserted in said cavity and capable of isolating said one branch from the source of depression.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
161 words
A distributor for a monoseed sowing machine comprising a generally cylindrical case, a horizontal shaft supported on said case, a distributor disk rotatively mounted on said shaft and provided with circumferentially spaced-apart orifices, said disk separating in said case a seed container from a suction device so that the orifices are subjected to a depression which retains the seeds taken from the container during at least a part of their angular travel about said shaft, means for eliminating double seeds and, in a lower part of the case, a seed discharge opening, said suction device comprising, inside the case, a depression passageway which has substantially the shape of a crescent and ends which are extended toward each other along the periphery of the case by two narrow branches, said passageway comprising at a beginning of one of the branches a cavity and a closure element inserted in said cavity and capable of isolating said one branch from the source of depression.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
48 words
A distributor according to claim 1, wherein the cavity for housing the closure element is formed by a widening of the depression passageway in an upper part of the descending branch relative to the direction of the rotation of the distributor disk, and the closure element is removable.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
A distributor according to claim 1, wherein an inner wall of the depression passageway is provided with an air intake having an opening and a pivotal lever for adjusting the size of said opening.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
63 words
A distributor according to claim 1, wherein the widest part of the depression passageway is located in an upper part of the case and a suction duct opens onto said passageway in the vicinity of said widest part of the passageway, the two narrow branches extending toward a lower part of the case and terminating on each side of the seed discharge opening.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
40 words
A distributor according to claim 1, comprising a deflector element mounted on the case in the region of an entrance of a wide part of the depression passageway against a side of the distributor disk opposed to the depression passageway.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
12 words
A distributor according to claim 5, wherein the deflector element is fixed.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
61 words
The distributor according to claim 5, which further comprises an air intake having an opening on an inner wall of the depression passageway and a pivotal lever for adjusting the size of said opening, wherein the deflector element is pivotally mounted and has one end carried by a movable shaft movable by the pivoting of the lever controlling the air intake.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
37 words
A distributor according to claim 1, comprising a distributor disk provided with a single row of circumferentially spaced-apart orifices which put the depression passageway in communication with the seed container throughout the length of the depression passageway.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
70 words
A distributor according to claim 1, comprising a disk provided with at least one row of circumferentially spaced-apart orifices and fins which define a succession of cavities each containing an orifice of each row of orifices, the orifices of a radially outer row being in confronting relation to the narrow branches of the depression passageway and the descending branch being isolated from the source of depression by the closure element.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
A distributor according to claim 8, wherein the deflector element has a stepped lower edge forming a plurality of successive ramps for eliminating double seeds.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
15 words
A distributor according to claim 9, wherein the deflector element has a rectilinear lower surface.
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