摘要 |
1297468 Feeding articles singly RESEARCH CORP 9 June 1971 [26 June 1970] 19779/71 Heading B8S Seeds or other small particles are fed singly by a cylindrical member 36, Fig. 1, with a base 42 which is rotated by a shaft 12 and is provided with recesses 58, Fig. 3, in which single seeds are retained by a low volume, high velocity gas stream: The gas is supplied by a pump 30 and passes through the shaft 12 to conduits 50. Seeds are discharged into a hopper and shoot 70, 74 by a jet of air supplied through a conduit 76, Fig. 1 and pipes 62, Fig. 3, when each pipe is in register with the conduit. Seeds are fed into the apparatus through a shoot 82. |