Module for potato-sowing machine with integral automatic cutting device and the corresponding sowing machine

摘要

The machine module consists of a chassis 1 mounted on wheels 2 with a potato-loading/-unloading hopper 3, from which the potatoes are unloaded into a distributor pan 4 which, via a conduit 7 and under gravity, distributes the potatoes as far as a cutting device 8. After they have been cut, the portions of potato fall into a seed furrow opened with the forward movement of the module by means of a ploughshare 12a. The various moving parts are actuated by transmissions 13, 14 impelled with the forward movement of the machine module. It is possible to form a machine by arranging a plurality of modules in parallel on the principal bar of a tractor vehicle (towing vehicle). <IMAGE>