Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01C—PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING
  • A01C11/00—Transplanting machines
  • A01C11/02—Transplanting machines for seedlings
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01C—PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING
  • A01C11/00—Transplanting machines
  • A01C11/006—Other parts or details or planting machines

Definitions

• the present invention relates to the field of equipment for agriculture and forestry.
• the present invention relates more particularly to a mechanized device for planting plants.
• Plantacone (registered trademark), which has technical strengths but is unsuitable for plantation forestry.
• This system allows you to plant one hundred and fifty shots per hour, which is relatively small.
• the present invention intends to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art by providing a device for operating in environments forestry and agricultural, and offering a planting rate of one plant every two seconds per plantation module.
• the present invention relates, in its most general sense, to a mechanized device for planting plants, comprising:
• actuator means allowing a horizontal movement of a planting module
• actuator means for vertical movement of a planting module said horizontal movement and said vertical movement of said planting module being made synchronously.
• the device according to the present invention makes it possible to modulate the distance between the plants in a parameterizable manner. Thanks to the present invention, the planting is continuous and whatever the speed of advance of the motor vehicle on which the mechanized device is installed.
• the device according to the present invention makes it possible in particular to work in a forest environment, which includes stumps, roots, tree branches, stones / rocks and many other debris of natural origin, and to have a planting rate one plant every two seconds per plantation module.
• the device according to the present invention also allows to have a high accuracy in the interval between each plant and in the position (X, Y) of each plant.
• the device according to the present invention is very robust, in particular because there is no slide or slide for performing movements.
• said horizontal movement and said vertical movement are carried out according to a double parallelogram, the two parallelograms being deformable. This allows planting vertically.
• the movement of the vertical parallelogram is controlled by a cylinder forward and is free to the rear.
• said device comprises safety mechanisms along the X, Y and Z axes, along which, along the X axis, a safety device is triggered above a certain pressure threshold, and, following the Z axis, the bill goes up if an obstacle is encountered.
• said device comprises calculation means and at least one sensor.
• said device further comprises a sub-assembly formed of a beak support frame associated with hooves.
• said shoes exert a pressure on the ground thanks to a mechanical tamping actuator.
• said shoes are independent of each other and each have a mechanical actuator and a sensor comprising means for detecting the level of the ground relative to the spout, even on slopes or slopes.
• the mechanical actuators associated with the hooves comprise means for allowing the hooves to exert a controlled pressure to compact the soil at the moment when the nozzle leaves the ground.
• said device is associated with a towing vehicle and it comprises means for managing the spacing of the plants irrespective of the speed of said tractor.
• said device is adapted to be associated with a telescopic beam for mounting at least one or more mechanized devices for planting plants.
• said subassembly further comprises a member for compacting and restoring the soil around the plant once the planting of the latter is carried out.
• said subassembly further comprises an opening and closing member of the spout.
• the device comprises mechanical actuators catching slope and tilt.
• said device further comprises a mechanical actuator for catching slopes.
• said device further comprises a mechanical actuator for catching the backs.
• said mechanical catch-up actuator actuates the rotation of the assembly of said device about an axis parallel to the direction of travel. According to another embodiment, said mechanical catch-up actuator actuates the rotation of the support frame of the nozzle relative to an axis parallel to the direction of travel. According to one embodiment, said device comprises means for programming the planting depth.
• said device further comprises geolocation means for finely managing the planting accuracy by triggering spatially (on the same row and between consecutive rows) the action of (the) module (s) planting.
• said device further comprises a module for storing and feeding the plants.
• said storage module comprises a mobile sub-module with a capacity of more than one thousand plants which makes it possible to bring the plants to an operator responsible for supplying said device via a barrel .
• said storage module comprises a mobile submodule with a capacity of more than one thousand plants which makes it possible to bring the plants to an automatic feeding device provided with clamps or any other type of gripper. which deposits the plants in a barrel.
• said storage module also comprises a fixed storage sub-module of a capacity at least equal to the mobile sub-module, the purpose of which is to replenish the mobile device when it is empty.
• the present invention also relates to a method for planting plants, comprising the following steps:
• a step of actuation by means of actuators allowing a
• FIGS 1 to 5 illustrate the device according to the present invention in an embodiment according to different views.
• the present invention relates to a mechanized device for planting plants, comprising:
• actuator means allowing a horizontal movement of a planting module; Actuator means allowing vertical movement of a planting module; said horizontal movement and said vertical movement of said planting module being made synchronously. It is possible to consider two parallelograms: a parallelogram allowing horizontal displacement and a parallelogram allowing vertical displacement.
• This mechanized device for planting plants is illustrated in Figures 1 to 5.
• the device 10 according to the present invention can be used with a tractor of agricultural type. It may be equipped with one or more modules of planting. We therefore respect the road gauge and no accompanying vehicle is necessary.
• the device 10 comprises calculation means and at least one sensor. These means make it possible to ensure that said horizontal movement and said vertical movement of said planting module are made synchronously.
• said device 10 further comprises a sub-assembly formed of a beak support frame associated with shoes 14, 15.
• said device 10 further comprises a mechanical actuator 1 1 compaction.
• the shoes 14 and 15 exert a pressure on the ground thanks to said mechanical actuator 1 1 of compaction.
• the shoes 14 and 15 are independent of each other and each have a mechanical actuator and a sensor for detecting the level of the ground relative to the beak even on slopes or cant and these same mechanical actuators also allow hoofs to exert a controlled pressure to tamp the soil as the beak emerges from the ground.
• said device 10 further comprises a mechanical actuator 12 for opening the spout.
• FIG. 3 shows the mechanical actuator 1 1 for tamping, the mechanical actuator 12 for opening the spout and the shoes 14, 15.
• the device comprises mechanical actuators catching slope and tilt.
• Slope catching is performed by a mechanical actuator actuating the rotation of the beak support frame about an axis perpendicular to the direction of travel.
• the recovery of the cant is achieved in a first embodiment by a mechanical actuator 13 actuating the rotation of the entire machine about an axis parallel to the direction of travel and in a second embodiment by a mechanical actuator 13 actuating the rotation of the support frame of the nozzle relative to an axis parallel to the direction of travel.
• These mechanical actuators may for example be cylinders.
• the device 10 according to the present invention makes it possible to work with slopes and slopes of 25%. Thanks to the mechanical actuators for catching slopes and catching up the rears, the device 10 according to the present invention remains stable and the beak support frame remains substantially horizontal.
• said device 10 comprises means for programming the planting depth.
• This planting depth can reach up to 30 cm.
• said device 10 further comprises geolocation means for finely managing the planting precision by triggering spatially (on the same row and between consecutive rows) the action of the module (s). planting.
• the device 10 according to the present invention is also associated in some embodiments with a man-machine interface.
• the device 10 according to the present invention also comprises safety mechanisms along the X, Y and Z axes. For example, along the X axis, the safety device is triggered above a certain pressure threshold. Along the Z axis, the beak can go up if an obstacle is encountered. The forces can be limited to the encounter of obstacles on the mechanical descent actuator. Similarly, the lateral forces on the nozzle can be limited by suitable safety devices (passive or active).
• the device 10 according to the present invention also comprises, in embodiments of the modules for storing and feeding the plants.
• the storage module comprises a mobile device with a capacity greater than one thousand plants which makes it possible to bring the seedlings either to the operator responsible for feeding the planter via a barrel, or up to one automatic feeding device provided with tongs or any other type of gripper which deposits the plants in the barrel.
• This storage module also comprises a fixed storage device with a capacity equal to the mobile device, the purpose of which is to replenish the mobile device when it is empty.
• the entire storage allows working several hours without the need to leave the planting area to replenish plants.
• the present invention also relates to a method for planting plants, comprising the following steps:
• a telescopic beam makes it possible to mount one or more planting modules associated with a towing vehicle.
• these plantation modules allow the realization of both rows located between 3 m and 4.5 m from each other while allowing a continuous adjustment to follow a straight path from information from a typical sensor for example (GPS, laser, gyroscope, etc.)
• Swivel wheels at the ends of the beam have the function of stabilizing the planters on a jagged surface and restoring the soil before planting.
• the telescopic beam consists of three beams which fit into each other and which are adjustable by cylinders equipped with linear sensors. This beam thus makes it possible to reduce the overall width of the two planters to less than 3.5 m in order to respect the road regulations for an agricultural vehicle traveling on the road without an accompanying vehicle.

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