摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem with the fixed type cleaning brush of a dispensing roller wherein it cannot reach trash caught in the bottom of each dispensing groove and is hard to clean and the trash accumulating in the dispensing grooves reduces the capacity of the dispensing grooves, making it impossible to sow a preset amount of seeds. <P>SOLUTION: In a seeding machine, a dispensing roller 2 having dispensing grooves 1 formed on its rotating peripheral surface is mounted on a shaft 4 in a dispensing chamber 3 and is rotated so that seeds are dispensed to a discharge chamber 7 therebelow from a hopper 5 thereabove through a supply chamber 6 as they are fitted into the dispensing grooves 1. A cleaning brush 10 comprising a plurality of unit brushes 8 arranged along the direction of width of the dispensing grooves 1 and independently snapped by springs 9 so that they can be pushed into the dispensing grooves 1 is provided in the discharge chamber 7 of the dispensing roller 2. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT |