ES2363235B1

ES2363235B1 - TREE PLANTING MACHINE

Info

Publication number: ES2363235B1
Application number: ES200803394A
Authority: ES
Inventors: David Marsal Jove
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2008-11-28
Filing date: 2008-11-28
Publication date: 2012-06-07
Anticipated expiration: 2028-11-28
Also published as: ES2363235A1

Abstract

Máquina para el plantado de árboles.#Especialmente concebida para permitir llevar a cabo el plantado de árboles a una cierta profundidad de forma rápida y sencilla, la máquina de la invención está constituida a partir de un bastidor (1) dotado de un cabezal de accionamiento de una broca (5), formal y dimensionalmente adecuada a las dimensiones del hoyo u orificio a practicar, broca (5) interiormente hueca, que presenta una cámara interna longitudinal, formal y dimensionalmente adecuada para recibir en su seno a la planta a plantar. El citado bastidor está asociado a unos medios de elevación/descenso para el mismo a través de los que se relaciona con un vehículo, ya sea un tractor, un elevador, una excavadora u otra máquina similar. La broca (5) incorpora en su extremidad inferior medios de apertura/cierre para la misma que le permitan depositar la planta.Tree planting machine. # Especially designed to allow planting trees to a certain depth quickly and easily, the machine of the invention is made from a frame (1) provided with a drive head of a drill (5), formally and dimensionally appropriate to the dimensions of the hole or hole to be made, drill bit (5) internally hollow, which has an internal chamber longitudinally, formally and dimensionally suitable to receive the plant to be planted. Said frame is associated with lifting / lowering means for the same through which it relates to a vehicle, be it a tractor, an elevator, an excavator or other similar machine. The drill bit (5) incorporates in its lower end opening / closing means for the same that allow it to deposit the plant.

Description

Máquina para el plantado de árboles. Tree planting machine.

Objeto de la invenciónObject of the invention

La presente invención se reﬁere a una máquina The present invention refers to a machine

o accesorio para máquinas, especialmente concebida para permitir llevar a cabo el plantado de árboles a una cierta profundidad. or machine accessory, specially designed to allow planting trees at a certain depth.

El objeto de la invención es pues, proporcionar un dispositivo que permita plantar los citados árboles tan profundamente como se estime necesario, en orden a permitir encontrar estratos de la tierra que contengan agua y los nutrientes adecuados, todo ello a través de una maniobra sumamente rápida y sencilla. Antecedentes de la invención The object of the invention is therefore to provide a device that allows to plant the aforementioned trees as deeply as deemed necessary, in order to allow to find layers of the earth that contain water and adequate nutrients, all through an extremely rapid maneuver. And simple. Background of the invention

Como es sabido, numerosas variedades de árboles necesitan ser plantados a una profundidad considerable con respecto al nivel del suelo, para que éstos agarren bien y puedan obtener los correspondientes nutrientes para su desarrollo. As it is known, numerous varieties of trees need to be planted at a considerable depth with respect to the ground level, so that they grasp well and can obtain the corresponding nutrients for their development.

Así pues, las tareas de excavado del correspondiente hoyo resultan arduas, necesitándose un considerable tiempo y esfuerzo para las mismas. Thus, the excavation tasks of the corresponding hole are arduous, requiring considerable time and effort for them.

Tratando de obviar esta solución es conocido la utilización de útiles de excavado mecánicos, como por ejemplo brocas de considerable tamaño, que asociadas a la correspondiente máquina, permiten realizar el correspondiente hoyo de forma rápida, pero sin embargo este tipo de dispositivo presentan la problemática de que una vez extraída la broca, cuando el hoyo es de considerable profundidad, dicho hoyo corre el riesgo de verse parcialmente cubierto debido a los desprendimientos de tierra de las paredes del propio hoyo. Descripción de la invenciónTrying to avoid this solution, it is known to use mechanical digging tools, such as drills of considerable size, which, associated with the corresponding machine, allow the corresponding hole to be made quickly, but nevertheless this type of device presents the problem of that once the drill bit is removed, when the hole is of considerable depth, said hole runs the risk of being partially covered due to landslides from the walls of the hole itself. Description of the invention

La máquina que la invención propone resuelve de forma plenamente satisfactoria la problemática anteriormente expuesta. The machine that the invention proposes solves in a fully satisfactory manner the problem set forth above.

Para ello, el dispositivo que se preconiza está constituido a partir de una broca, de dimensiones acordes con el oriﬁcio a practicar, pero con la particularidad de que dicha broca está hueca interiormente, deﬁniéndose en la misma una cámara formal y dimensionalmente adecuada para albergar en su seno la planta de que se trate. For this, the device that is recommended is constituted from a drill, of dimensions in accordance with the hole to be practiced, but with the particularity that said drill is hollow internally, defining in it a formal and dimensionally suitable chamber to house in your breast the plant in question.

Así pues, la broca estará asociada al correspondiente mecanismo de accionamiento de la misma, al que estará igualmente asociado un mecanismo de elevación y descenso de ésta, que se ﬁjará mediante los medios adecuados al correspondiente vehículo. Thus, the drill will be associated with the corresponding drive mechanism thereof, to which a lifting and lowering mechanism thereof will also be associated, which will be fixed by means appropriate to the corresponding vehicle.

De acuerdo con otra de las características de la invención, la broca se rematará inferiormente en un mecanismo de apertura/cierre para su cámara interna, de manera que en las operaciones de taladrado dicho mecanismo permanecerá cerrado, y una vez acabado el oriﬁcio, se procederá a la apertura de dicho mecanismo. Por su parte, la planta se introducirá por el oriﬁcio establecido en el cabezal, en correspondencia con el extremos superior de la broca, dejándola caer por gravedad una vez este hecho el oriﬁcio, de manera que las maniobras de inserción de la planta se realizarán a una altura en la que los trabajadores no tengan que utilizar escaleras ni ningún accesorio para acceder a dicha abertura, mientras que que mediante simple elevación de la broca, girando ésta en sentido contrario, la planta por gravedad quedará dispuesta en el hoyo, a la profundidad deseada, elevándose dicha broca hasta una altura que permita salvar la altura de la planta. According to another of the features of the invention, the drill bit will be topped off in an opening / closing mechanism for its internal chamber, so that in the drilling operations said mechanism will remain closed, and once the hole is finished, the drill will be finished. at the opening of said mechanism. For its part, the plant will be introduced through the hole established in the head, in correspondence with the upper ends of the drill, dropping it by gravity once the hole is made, so that the plant insertion maneuvers will be carried out at a height in which the workers do not have to use stairs or any accessory to access said opening, while by simply lifting the drill, turning it in the opposite direction, the plant will be arranged by gravity in the hole, at depth desired, raising said drill to a height that allows to save the height of the plant.

Descripción de los dibujosDescription of the drawings

Para complementar la descripción que se está realizando y con objeto de ayudar a una mejor comprensión de las características del invento, de acuerdo con un ejemplo preferente de realización práctica del mismo, se acompaña como parte integrante de dicha descripción, un juego de dibujos en donde con carácter ilustrativo y no limitativo, se ha representado lo siguiente: To complement the description that is being made and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, according to a preferred example of practical implementation thereof, a set of drawings is attached as an integral part of said description. In an illustrative and non-limiting manner, the following has been represented:

La ﬁgura 1.-Muestra una vista en alzado frontal de una máquina para el plantado de árboles realizada de acuerdo con el objeto de la presente invención. Figure 1.- Shows a front elevation view of a machine for planting trees made in accordance with the object of the present invention.

La ﬁgura 2.-Muestra un detalle en sección de la broca que participa en la máquina de la ﬁgura 1. Realización preferente de la invenciónFigure 2.- Shows a sectional detail of the drill that participates in the machine of Figure 1. Preferred embodiment of the invention

A la vista de las ﬁguras reseñadas puede observarse como en la máquina para el plantado de árboles de la invención participa un bastidor (1) asociado a los medios de elevación (2) de un vehículo (3), medios de elevación (2) que podrán ser de muy diversos tipos, como por ejemplo mediante cadenas, pistones de doble efecto, o cualquier solución convencional existente en el mercado, pudiendo aplicarse el dispositivo a muy diversos tipos de vehículos, tales como tractores, elevadores hidráulicos, excavadoras, etc. In view of the aforementioned figures, it can be seen how a frame (1) associated with the lifting means (2) of a vehicle (3), lifting means (2) participates in the machine for planting trees of the invention. They can be of many different types, such as chains, double-acting pistons, or any conventional solution on the market, and the device can be applied to many different types of vehicles, such as tractors, hydraulic lifts, excavators, etc.

En el bastidor (1) se establece un cabezal (4) de accionamiento hidráulico de una broca (5), broca (5) formal y dimensionalmente adecuada para realizar los correspondientes hoyos para plantación de los árboles, que podrá estar dotada en su extremidad de medios para intercambio de los ﬁlos de corte de la herramienta, como es convencional, pero con la especial particularidad de que el cuerpo principal de dicha broca está hueca, es decir, en la misma se deﬁne un oriﬁcio o cámara longitudinal (6) de diámetro acorde para permitir recibir en su seno a la planta (7) a plantar, cámara en cuya extremidad inferior se establecerá un mecanismo de apertura/cierre de la misma, que en el ejemplo elegido se materializa en una pareja de compuertas (8) basculantes sobre respectivos ejes (9), de conﬁguración en “L”, de manera que su rama superior está asociada a una varilla (10), a través de las cuales, se puede controlar la apertura/cierre de la cámara, y por tanto la deposición de la planta en el correspondiente hoyo. In the frame (1) a hydraulic driving head (4) of a drill (5), drill (5) formally and dimensionally suitable for making the corresponding holes for planting the trees, which may be provided at its end of means for exchanging the cutting edges of the tool, as is conventional, but with the particular feature that the main body of said drill is hollow, that is, a hole or longitudinal chamber (6) in diameter is defined therein according to allow the plant (7) to be planted to be received in its bosom, a chamber in whose lower limb an opening / closing mechanism will be established, which in the chosen example is materialized in a pair of swinging gates (8) on respective axes (9), of con ﬁ guration in “L”, so that its upper branch is associated with a rod (10), through which, the opening / closing of the chamber can be controlled, and therefore deposited n of the plant in the corresponding hole.

No obstante, los medios de apertura y cierre de la cámara (6) podrán materializarse de formas muy diversas, sin que ello afecte a la esencia de la invención. However, the opening and closing means of the chamber (6) may materialize in very different ways, without affecting the essence of the invention.

A partir de esta estructuración, la máquina se posicionará en el lugar adecuado al efecto, y mediante los medios de elevación del citado bastidor (1) conjuntamente con el accionamiento del cabezal (4) se llevará a cabo la correspondiente perforación, tras lo que se procederá a la apertura de las compuertas (8) para que la planta caiga al oriﬁcio por simple gravedad, tras lo que se procederá a la extracción de la broca haciéndola girar en sentido contrario, elevándola hasta una posición en la que la altura de la planta quede salvada, procediéndose seguidamente a movilizar el vehículo hasta un nuevo punto en el que plantar otro árbol. From this structuring, the machine will be positioned in the right place for that purpose, and by means of the lifting means of said frame (1) together with the head drive (4) the corresponding drilling will be carried out, after which proceed to the opening of the floodgates (8) so that the plant falls into the hole by simple gravity, after which the drill bit will be removed by turning it in the opposite direction, raising it to a position in which the height of the plant is saved, then proceed to mobilize the vehicle to a new point in which to plant another tree.

Así pues, y tal y como se puede observar en la ﬁgura 1, el cabezal (4) incorporará una abertura (11) de libre acceso a la cámara (6) de la broca (5), de Thus, and as can be seen in Figure 1, the head (4) will incorporate an opening (11) of free access to the chamber (6) of the drill bit (5), of

modo que a través de dicha abertura podrán cargarse ción, con lo que se consigue una máquina sumamente las plantas a plantar sin necesidad de tener que llevar efectiva, con un elevado rendimiento en las labores de a cabo el desmontaje de la broca para cada perfora-plantado. so that through this opening can be loaded, with which a machine is extremely achieved the plants to be planted without having to carry effectively, with a high performance in the work of carrying out the disassembly of the drill for each drill planted

Claims

1. Machine for planting trees, characterized in that it is constituted from a frame (1) equipped with a drive head of a drill bit (5), internally hollow, which has an internal longitudinal chamber, of width according to the plant a planting, provided that said frame is associated with the means of lifting / lowering a vehicle, be it a tractor, an elevator, an excavator or other similar machine.

2. Machine for planting trees, according to claim 1, characterized in that the drill incorporates lower opening / closing means for the internal chamber thereof, materialized in a pair of swing gates (8) on respective axes (9), of con ﬁ guration in "L", so that its upper branches are associated with two rods (10), for actuating said gates.

3. Tree planting machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the drill drive head has an access opening to the inside of the drill chamber.

SPANISH OFFICE OF THE PATENTS AND BRAND

Application no .: 200803394

SPAIN

Date of submission of the application: 28.11.2008

Priority Date:

REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE TECHNIQUE

51 Int. Cl.: A01C11 / 02 (2006.01)

RELEVANT DOCUMENTS

Categoría Category: Documentos citados Reivindicaciones afectadas Documents cited Claims Affected

X X: ES 0399599 A1 (TORNSTROM) 01/11/1974, página 2, línea 9 -página 5, línea 16; figuras 1-3 EN 0399599 A1 (TORNSTROM) 11/01/1974, page 2, line 9 - page 5, line 16; figures 1-3

X X: JP 2002084817 A (ISEKI AGRICULT MACH ) 26/03/2002, figuras & resumen de la base de datos EPODOC. Recuperado de EPOQUE; AN JP-2000274860-A 1-3 JP 2002084817 A (ISEKI AGRICULT MACH) 03/26/2002, figures & summary of the EPODOC database. Recovered from EPOQUE; AN JP-2000274860-A 1-3

X X: MX GT05000001 A (UNIV DE COLIMA ) 03/07/2006, todo el documento 1,3 MX GT05000001 A (UNIV DE COLIMA) 03/07/2006, the whole document 1.3

A TO: KR 20020009232 A (A I C MACHINERY CO LTD ET AL.) 01/02/2002, figuras & resumen de la base de datos WPI. Recuperado de EPOQUE; AN 2002-516543 1-3 KR 20020009232 A (A I C MACHINERY CO LTD ET AL.) 02/01/2002, figures & summary of the WPI database. Recovered from EPOQUE; AN 2002-516543 1-3

A TO: CN 200980247 Y (CAIHENG YUAN ) 28/11/2007, figuras & resumen de la base de datos WPI. Recuperado de EPOQUE; AN 2008-A21676 1-3 CN 200980247 Y (CAIHENG YUAN) 11/28/2007, figures & summary of the WPI database. Recovered from EPOQUE; AN 2008-A21676 1-3

Categoría de los documentos citados X: de particular relevancia Y: de particular relevancia combinado con otro/s de la misma categoría A: refleja el estado de la técnica O: referido a divulgación no escrita P: publicado entre la fecha de prioridad y la de presentación de la solicitud E: documento anterior, pero publicado después de la fecha de presentación de la solicitud Category of the documents cited X: of particular relevance Y: of particular relevance combined with other / s of the same category A: reflects the state of the art O: refers to unwritten disclosure P: published between the priority date and the date of priority submission of the application E: previous document, but published after the date of submission of the application

El presente informe ha sido realizado • para todas las reivindicaciones • para las reivindicaciones nº: This report has been prepared • for all claims • for claims no:

Fecha de realización del informe 12.07.2011 Date of realization of the report 12.07.2011: Examinador Belda Soriano, Leopoldo Página 1/4 Examiner Belda Soriano, Leopoldo Page 1/4

REPORT OF THE STATE OF THE TECHNIQUE

Application number: 200803394

Minimum documentation sought (classification system followed by classification symbols) A01C Electronic databases consulted during the search (name of the database and, if possible, terms of

search used) INVENES, EPODOC, WPI

State of the Art Report Page 2/4

WRITTEN OPINION

Application number: 200803394

Date of Written Opinion: 12.07.2011

Statement

Novedad (Art. 6.1 LP 11/1986) Novelty (Art. 6.1 LP 11/1986): Reivindicaciones Reivindicaciones 2 1,3 SI NO Claims Claims 2 1.3 IF NOT

Actividad inventiva (Art. 8.1 LP11/1986) Inventive activity (Art. 8.1 LP11 / 1986): Reivindicaciones Reivindicaciones 1-3 SI NO Claims Claims 1-3 IF NOT

The application is considered to comply with the industrial application requirement. This requirement was evaluated during the formal and technical examination phase of the application (Article 31.2 Law 11/1986).

Opinion Base.-

This opinion has been made on the basis of the patent application as published.

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WRITTEN OPINION

Application number: 200803394

1. Documents considered.-

The documents belonging to the state of the art taken into consideration for the realization of this opinion are listed below.

Documento Document: Número Publicación o Identificación Fecha Publicación Publication or Identification Number publication date

D01 D01: ES 0399599 A1 (TORNSTROM) 01.11.1974 ES 0399599 A1 (TORNSTROM) 01.11.1974

D02 D02: JP 2002084817 A (ISEKI AGRICULT MACH ) 26.03.2002 JP 2002084817 A (ISEKI AGRICULT MACH) 03.23.2002

D03 D03: MX GT05000001 A (UNIV DE COLIMA ) 03.07.2006 MX GT05000001 A (UNIV DE COLIMA) 03.07.2006

2. Statement motivated according to articles 29.6 and 29.7 of the Regulations for the execution of Law 11/1986, of March 20, on Patents on novelty and inventive activity; quotes and explanations in support of this statement

The invention relates to a machine for planting trees consisting of a frame provided with a drive head of a drill bit, internally hollow, which has an internal chamber, the frame being associated with the means of raising / lowering a vehicle.

Document D01 discloses a machine for planting trees with a frame (9) provided with a drill head (1), which has a longitudinal internal chamber, of width according to the plant to be planted. The frame is associated to a machine, proceeding to its ascent or descent pulling the rings (16). Document D02 discloses a machine for planting small trees and having a frame attached to the lifting / lowering means of a tractor-type vehicle or the like, frame that is provided with a drive head of a hollow drill.

The technical characteristics of the invention defined in claim 1 are included in any of documents D01 or D02 and therefore it is not new nor does it imply inventive activity. (Art. 6 and Art. 8 of Patent Law 11/1986). Document D03 discloses a machine for planting corn grains, equipped with a frame with a drive head of an internally hollow drill bit (4). It is not indicated that the frame is associated with the lifting means

or lowering a vehicle; it is placed at the bottom of a brushcutter or lawn mower. However, it is clear to one skilled in the art that such a mechanism could be associated with an agricultural vehicle or machine. Therefore, in relation to this document, the invention defined in claim 1 does not imply inventive activity (Art.8 of Patent Law 11/1986).

Claim 2 adds that the drill bottom incorporates opening / closing means, consisting of a pair of swing gates on their respective axes. Documents D01 and D02 disclose such opening and closing means. The fact that the gates have an L configuration and are associated with drive rods are design options available to a person skilled in the art and do not imply inventive activity. (Art.8 of the LP 11/1986).

With respect to claim 3, the drill drive heads disclosed in documents D01, D02 and D03 have an access opening to the inside of the drill chamber.

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