FR2825894A1 - System for ensuring penetration of agricultural spray into center of plants comprises flexible brushes mounted on tractor which shake leaves as tractor moves along - Google Patents

Abstract

The system for ensuring penetration of an agricultural spray (5) into the center of the plants (2) comprises flexible brushes (3) mounted on the tractor (4). These shake the leaves as the tractor moves along.

Description

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 The present invention relates to a device for ensuring the penetration of all agricultural or other sprays, into the vegetation of trellised or other crops (vines, orchards, vegetables or others).

 This system can ensure a localization of all sprays in the heart of the vegetation of these crops, only with the pressure, produced by a pump or others, which routes this spray in a nozzle, and can be seen, with a slight assistance of air .

 To date, we find 2 types of sprayers: 1 the sprayer with projected jets which, without this system requires the user to project large doses on the vegetation, to achieve a small penetration into the heart of this vegetation, this which often leads to significant runoff on the first parts of this crop. Or 2, mounted or pneumatic style sprayers, which have a large volume of air, which often leads to the plating of the leaves, therefore to the runoff of the treatment or other product, and most often, the product passes through this vegetation to get lost more or less in nature.

 This second family of sprayers with projected or pneumatic jets requires a very high power from the tractor, and users are forced to pass over their land, with very heavy equipment, which damages the soil and causes compaction.

 The device according to the invention overcomes these drawbacks. According to a first characteristic, it indeed comprises a vegetation stirrer, which can be horizontal, vertical or other, which can be fixed or have any movement, which ensures a localization in the foliage of the treated vegetation.

 This movement of foliage ensures the best penetration of all treatment or other products, sprayed simultaneously with projected jets or other systems.

 According to particular embodiments: - This vegetation stirrer, can be in the form of a flexible or rigid brush, or any other system.

 - This new spraying system can also be used in treatment tunnels with or without a recovery system, with or without the same system of riddling the vegetation, on the other side of the trellised crop or not.

 - This riddling of vegetation, is caused by an object or other which, in contact with the vegetation, taking advantage of the advancement of the machine, gives movements and vibrations to the foliage, which will soak up the products spread on the whole surface of this culture.

 - This vegetation stirrer therefore ensures the best spraying in the heart of the vegetation, with a minimum loss of spray, but can also, ensure a cleaning of the culture, of any undesirable insects or others.

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- This new style of spraying, has the advantage of eliminating the important noises of the sprayers with carried jets or pneumatic sprayers, also eliminating a considerable loss of products of treatments or others in nature, and being able to be carried or towed by a machine of low weight, small footprint and low power (Quads or other), which significantly eliminates the settlements, and which allows passages in crops, even on soggy ground.

 The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention: Figure 1 shows in section, the device of the invention.

Figure 2 shows in section, a variant of this device.

With reference to these drawings, the device comprises a brush (1) or other systems, which in contact with the vegetation (2), by the fact of the advancement of the carried or towed machine (4), will give movements (3) and vibrations (3) to the vegetation (2), which will allow the spraying of treatment or other products (5) to be better absorbed in the vegetation (2).

 This device can also be used in treatment tunnels (6) with or without a recovery system.

 The device according to the invention is particularly intended to ensure penetration of all agricultural or other sprays into the vegetation of trellised or other crops.

Claims (6)

 ir) ic CLAIMS 1) Device intended to ensure the penetration of all agricultural sprays (5) or any other type of sprays, in the heart of the vegetation (2) of trellised crops (2) or others (vines, orchards, vegetables and all others types of crops), stirring the vegetation.

 2) Device according to claim nl, in that this system comprises a vegetation stirrer (1), which takes advantage of the forward speed of the machine, to perform movements (3) and vibrations (3) on the vegetation.  3) 'Device according to claim n l and claim n 2, in that these movements and vibrations of the vegetation will allow the location of the spraying, distributed simultaneously in the foliage of the vegetation (2) treated.  4) Device according to claim No. 3, according to which this vegetation stirrer (1) is either horizontal, vertical, or in any other direction, this device is fixed or possibly with any movement, while having the shape of a flexible brush or rigid, or any other system allowing this effect of vegetation disturbance.  5) Device according to any one of claims, according to which, this system is either carried or towed by a machine (4) of low weight, small footprint and low power.  6) Device according to any one of claims, according to which this system can be used with treatment tunnels or other treatment systems (6), and with another vegetation stirrer (1), on the other side trellised culture (2) or other treated cultures.