摘要 |
An elongated hollow housing is provided including front and rear sides and opposite ends. The housing defines an air passage extending therethrough including an inlet end opening through and extending longitudinally of the front side of the housing. The housing also defines an outlet for the passage opening outwardly of the housing remote from the inlet. Seed separating structure is provided within the air passage intermediate the inlet and outlet and is operative to separate seeds from the air flow moving through the passage. The inlet is defined between opposing generally parallel longitudinal marginal portions of the housing and one marginal portion is disposed forward and above the other marginal portion, whereby the inlet opens outwardly of the housing in a foward and downward direction. An elongated seed stripping rotary brush is journaled in the housing for rotation about an axis extending longitudinally thereof with between 30 DEG and 90 DEG of the periphery of the brush registered with the inlet. Motor structure is drivingly coupled to the brush for rotation of the latter in a direction to swing the brush bristles into the inlet from the aforementioned other marginal portion and from the inlet past the aforementioned one marginal portion. The housing has been constructed for support from the vertically swingable support arms of a front loader bucket supporting mechanism mounted on a tractor.
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