US Patent Issued to Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences on Aug. 19 for "Precision sowing device for rice pot seedling raising" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,835, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Hangzhou, China).

"Precision sowing device for rice pot seedling raising" was invented by Guohong Yu (Hangzhou, China), Xianglei Xue (Hangzhou, China), Ning Ren (Hangzhou, China), Hang Zheng (Hangzhou, China), Yunxiang Ye (Hangzhou, China) and Shuai Shen (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a precision sowing device for rice pot seedling raising. The device includes a rack, a seed storage mechanism, a seed suction mechanism, and a driving mechanism. The seed suction mechanism includes a seed suction cylinder, and a circulation as...