Patent ID: 6261371
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: A01C

Abstract:
A seed coating apparatus comprising:a plurality of parallel nozzles supplied therein with seeds and gelling solution respectively for coating said seeds with said gelling solution;a plurality of parallel passages for respectively feeding said nozzles with said gelling solution;a single elongated first valve axially slidably crossing upstream portions of all said passages, so as to block-and-resume said upstream portions;a single elongated second valve axially slidably crossing downstream portions of all said passages, so as to resume-and-block said downstream portions, wherein said first and second valves are joined with each other so as to slide together, so that the blocking-and-resuming of said upstream portions and the resuming-and-blocking of said downstream portions are simultaneously performed, anda plurality of plungers disposed respectively in said passages between said first and second valves for pushing out said gelling solution to said nozzles.