DE6907419U - GARDEN EQUIPMENT "STEINLESE" GARDEN EQUIPMENT FOR PICKING UP, SORTING AND SEPARATING THE GARDEN SOIL FROM STONES AND OTHER FOREIGN BODIES, SORTING SEEDS ETC. - Google Patents

Description

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Irene Schnetzer, née Zehnder, 8 Munich ky _t Mühltaleretr. 71 STEINLESE garden tools

description

Every garden enthusiast is aware of the fact that through the cultivation of the soil as well as the effects of the weather, such as rain or snow, the stones on borders, beds, etc. literally out of the ground "grow" · If one can pick up the larger stones by hand, then the removal of the innumerable smaller stones prepares considerable amounts Effort. This work can be made easier by opening the stones with a rake, lawn broom or hand steel broom Right a shovel or something similar. One returned up now inevitably a certain amount of valuable humus, which was removed together with the stones and thus for the garden was lost, which is a great disadvantage, especially for soils poor in humus »

Next xend a device will be described that has the one listed above The disadvantage is eliminated in that the bottom of the device according to the invention has recesses through which the earth can fall can and is thus separated from the stones

A shovel-like structure (Figure 1) (i) has in its bottom (2) recesses (3 or 4 or 5). These are dimensioned so that depending on the device tape (fine, medium, coarse) only stones of a certain size can be prevented from falling through. With one in the Drawing not shown steel brush or rake, the mixture of earth and stones does justice to the stone harvest. When lifting the device Smaller residues fall through the handle (6) by gently shaking the handle · The handle (6) can be as long as this so that you do not have to bend down to work · In another embodiment of the stone harvesting (1) there is Floor (2) made up of two superimposed layers (Figure 2) with congruent recesses (3, ^, 5) · There is one layer relative to the other movably arranged so that by means of a mechanism, not shown, the recesses (3) of the one Layer through the webs (9) of the other layer steplessly between "completely closed" (Fig. 2a) and "completely open" (Fig «2 b) can be changed. Anyone can choose between these limits

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any position (x) (Figure 2c) can be set, an advantage that is particularly useful for separation work »

The particular advantage of the device according to the invention is on the one hand to see in the fact that valuable cultivated earth is saved and on the other hand the stone reading work is considerably facilitated and is shortened.

Claims (3)

·· · · I i ·· »» t · »at ■ · t ■ t til» ■ * I t · · ■ Ill I 'I claims for protection 1. Shovel-shaped garden tool "stone harvesting" (Figure i (i)) for
pick up and separate the garden soil from stones and other foreign bodies, to sort seeds, etc.,
characterized in that the device bottom is perforated like a sieve and the device has a short one
or long stem. 2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the openings (3 »4.5) cover the entire floor and are of elongated, round or polygonal shape and depending on the type of device fine,
can be medium or coarse « 3. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the device is injection-molded from plastic or aluminum, from deep-drawn
Sheet steel, expanded metal, steel mesh, strong wire or
can be made from a combination of these materials and techniques U, device according to claim 1, characterized in that the bottom of the device can be designed as a double bottom (Figure 2) with congruent openings (3, ^ t5) and that one of these
Bottom surfaces against the other bottom surface can be displaced in such a way that each opening size between
¹¹ fully closed "(Fig. 2a) and" fully open "(Figure 2b) can be adjusted and locked · 5. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the handle (6) can be short or long.