FR2844669A1 - MODULAR AND MULTI-FUNCTIONAL DEVICE FOR MANUAL USE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GROOVES AND / OR HOLES FOR PLANTATIONS - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method consisting in making simultaneously and in an upright position, at least two or more furrows (83) and / or holes (84) necessary for the establishment of seeds and / or plants in the soil and a device. (1) modular multifunction for plantations designed for this purpose and capable of performing said operations according to said method. The device (1) consists of a support (2) interchangeable and / or (2) or (33) extendable, fixed on an adjustable handle (11) and associated with at least one pair or more removable tools (22), of suitable shapes and dimensions, the support (2) or (33) / multiple tools (22) assembly, generating a process consisting of the simultaneous execution in a standing position, at predetermined intervals, either of several furrows (83) capable of receiving seeds or plants when the tools (22) are curved wheels (29) or (58), or of several holes (84) suitable for receiving plants when said tools (22) are sides nes (23) forming planters, and from which furrows (83) and / or holes (81) it is possible, according to the methodology of the invention, by systematically transferring at adjustable equidistance, from furrow to furrow or from hole to hole said device (1), to create as many new furrows (83) as there are rows to be traced and / or to dig as many holes (84) as there are plants to set up, more quickly, without fatigue and without the need either to bend down or to have to reimplant a line (85) and measure step by step the spacings between said grooves (83) and holes (84).

Description

I The present invention relates to a method consisting in carrying out

  simultaneously and in a standing position, at least two or more furrows and / or holes necessary for the placement of seeds and plants in the ground and a modular multifunction device for plantings designed for this purpose, capable of carrying out these operations according to said process. Prior to the establishment of said seeds and 10 plants in the ground, it is necessary to draw furrows which must be straight to obtain rows in particular for vegetable crops and vegetable gardens or can be curved to draw rounded shapes in particular for decorative beds on the one hand, and digging on the other hand, holes of shapes and dimensions

  appropriate according to the nature of the plants to be transplanted.

  In particular in vegetable and vegetable crops, sowing and planting are generally done in rows, the spacing of which as well as that of the 20 plants is done at regular intervals depending on the nature of said plants or seeds to be planted. way to

  that they have enough space to grow.

  In the usual technique of handwork, said rows are traced using a cord formed from a cord stretched between two stakes attached to each

  end of the row to be obtained, the tracing on the ground being done using any tool such as a stick or the tip of a dibber for example, making it possible to obtain a channel intended either to receive the seeds, or to allow the alignment of the plants.

  The row spacing is measured on an ad hoc basis and the line must be moved, re-tensioned and repositioned on each layout and as many times as there are rows to execute. It is the same with regard to the realization of the holes in the ground which are made using a unitary dibbler 5 generally formed of a cylinder whose lower end most often ends in a metal piece cone-shaped to facilitate its introduction into the ground, the upper part of said cylinder being frequently curved

to form a handle.

  As for the rows, the spacing between each plant must be measured progressively and the holes are made one by one according to an alignment obtained using a cord. These operations, which require stooping and standing up at each operation, are long and tiring, and working in a bent, squatting or kneeling position involves

  very often back and leg pain.

  To remedy these drawbacks, in order to eliminate fatigue and back pain, the subject of the present invention is, on the one hand, a method characterized in that it consists in performing in standing position, simultaneously and at regular intervals, at least two or more furrows suitable for receiving seeds and / or plants or for digging at least two or more holes intended to receive plants, the distance between the furrows and / or holes, preset according to the plants to be planted, being systematically transferred from row to row and / or from hole to hole without it being necessary either to bend down, or to move the line, or to measure said spacings piecemeal, and on the other hand, a device modular multifunction for plantations designed for this purpose and capable of receiving in sufficient number, the tools necessary for implementation

of such a process.

  The simultaneous realization in a standing position of several furrows and / or holes in the ground, capable of receiving seeds and transplanting plants is in fact achievable according to the method of the present invention, the interval between 5 the first two furrows and / or two first holes which can be systematically transferred from row to row and from hole to hole, equidistant from one another, by means of a modular multifunction device designed for this purpose, and comprising the elements necessary for such an execution, the use 10 d '' a line possibly being made only once according to the configuration of the ground, to determine

  the location of the first row.

  To achieve these results, the modular multifunction device for planting according to the present invention is characterized in that it consists of an interchangeable and / or extendable support, fixed on an adjustable handle, adaptable to the size of the operator to allow tasks to be performed in a standing position, said support associated with at least one pair or more tools, being equipped on either side with at least two or more fixing means capable of receiving at least as much removable tools, of appropriate shapes and dimensions allowing, according to the method of the invention, the simultaneous production at modular intervals, either of tracing in the ground as many furrows intended to receive seeds or plants when said tools are curved wheels on the one hand, or the execution of as many holes as tools, aligned by positioning said device in one of the grooves previously drawn when said tools are cones 30 forming planters of shapes and dimensions appropriate to those of the plants to be placed on the other hand, from which grooves and / or holes, according to the method of use of said device it is possible to systematically create at regular intervals, as many new equidistant furrows as necessary rows and holes that there are plants to put in place, without the need either to bend down, or to have to re-implant a line and measure 5 times by cut the spacings between said grooves and holes; said tools can also be a cone-shaped tool serving as a center punch on the one hand and a curved wheel on the other hand, allowing the tracing of curved furrows, suitable for receiving seeds or plants in order to create 10 decorative patterns comprising rounded shapes; the distance between the two curved wheels on the one hand or the two cones on the other hand, being adaptable as a function of the spacing required between the rows or between the plants according to the nature of the latter, the spacing between the needle and the curved wheel being that of the radius of the curve

  to be drawn according to the decorative pattern to be obtained.

  In a preferred simple and economical embodiment, the device according to the invention consists of an interchangeable support formed by a bar of square tube 20 or round, comprising in the center on its upper face, any fixing means such as a threaded post intended to be fitted to a handle formed by a vertical tube, the base of which is internally threaded, capable of being screwed onto said post of said support, which support comprises on its underside 25, at least one pair or more fixing means able to receive at least as many tools judiciously distributed over said bar which can itself be provided with an extension means, the spacing between said tools being adapted as a function of the distance 30 required between the rows and / or holes according to the nature of the plants to be put in place, said fixing means possibly

be threaded studs.

  The handle is adjustable by means of a separate upper part, formed by a vertical tube surmounted by a transverse bar provided at each end with removable handles, making it possible to hold and direct said device 5 with two hands, the vertical tube said upper part and that of the handle are interconnected by any adjustment means allowing the adaptation of said handle to the size of the operator. Thus according to an adjustment means, the vertical tube of the upper part of said handle of lower section, can be provided with several superimposed lights, capable of being positioned when it is introduced into the first vertical part of greater diameter, facing a pair of lights that the top of the latter comprises, said lights being crossed by a dowel and held in place by means of a pin, connecting the two vertical parts together according to the

  appropriate length adapted to the size of the operator.

  Another embodiment of the device comprises a more complex but more precise support, which can be adapted to the width of any spacing, and preferably intended for professionals, which support is formed by the association of articulated bars, of dimensions suitable, connected to each other by means of bolts making it possible to stretch and approach, the assembly being judiciously adapted on a system of articulations provided with rings moving along a vertical axis making it possible to adjust the spacing fixing means capable of receiving at least one pair of tools which can be curved wheels for drawing grooves or cones forming a dibber for digging holes suitable for receiving plants; said vertical axis being a hollow tube provided with lights and capable of being connected to the adjustable dissociated upper part of said handle. The invention will be better understood on reading the

  description made with reference to the attached drawings and sketches representing in particular two preferred but non-limiting embodiments of the device and its

  accessories, on which drawings and sketches: - Figure N'1 shows a device according to a first embodiment consisting of an interchangeable support in a square tube comprising several fixing means capable of receiving an adjustable handle according to a means of adaptation of a dissociated upper part adaptable in a vertical tube on the one hand, and one or more pairs of tools on the other hand, as well as a wheel and several cones of appropriate shapes and dimensions, adaptable on said support. - Figure N0 2 shows a support of the same design as the previous one, which can be fixed or extendable, the interval between the tool fixing means can

be adjustable.

  FIG. 3 shows another support identical to the previous two but narrower, intended for vegetables and

small plants.

  - Figure N0 4 is a block diagram of the upper part of a stretchable support according to a second embodiment of the device according to the invention comprising a means of articulated bars moving along a tube

  vertical, thus allowing the adjustment of said support adapted to the dimension of the spacing between the rows or the plants.

  - Figure N0 5 is a block diagram showing a sectional view of the stretchable lower transverse part 30 according to the second embodiment of the device, formed of a system of articulated bars, judiciously connected together, deploying or folding at the system way

  guide of the upper part.

  - Figure N '6 is a representation of the device

  according to the second embodiment, the support of which is equipped on either side with a needle and a curved wheel making it possible in particular to draw curves for the creation of decorative rounded shapes for massifs for example.

  - Figure No 7 is a detailed view of a fixing means according to the second embodiment of the device, comprising in particular a threaded stud adapted to receive a tool. - Figure N0 8 shows a wheel provided with an adaptation means on a support in particular according to the second form

of the device.

  - Figure N0 9 represents a needle used for

running curves.

  - Figure N0 10 represents several cones of different shapes and dimensions appropriate according to the size and nature of the plants to be transplanted adaptable either on one or the other of the supports whatever the means of realization. - Figure N '11 is a representation of a device according to a second embodiment, the support of which is provided with two wheels for drawing grooves in

floor.

  - Figure N'12 shows the same device equipped with a pair of tools in the form of cones for making holes

intended to receive plants.

  - Figure N0 13 is an enlargement of the part

  bottom of the same device equipped with cones acting as planters, showing a pedal in the open position allowing 30 to sink said cones into the ground using a foot.

  - Figure N0 14 shows a device according to the second embodiment of reduced size for use on small areas such as embankments or massifs or

still in the greenhouses.

  - Figure No 15 represents a device according to

  the invention, the adjustable support of which is in round stretchable tubes 5 on either side and equipped with a pair of curved wheels for making grooves in the ground, said support being able to receive an interchangeable wooden handle of adjustable length and capable of be short for a work more particularly intended for small massifs and embankments and 10 in particular in greenhouse.

  - Figure N0 16 represents a diagram explaining

  according to the method of the invention, the routing of the devices from the new embodiment, for the production of grooves on the one hand and holes in said grooves on the other hand.

  The modular multifunction device 1 for planting shown in FIG. N01 according to a first simple and economical embodiment consists of an interchangeable support 2, in square tube, comprising at the center of its upper face 3, a threaded post 4 intended to receive a ring 5 having at its center a threaded recess 6 and a pair of laterally opposite lights 7 into which lights 7 are introduced respectively, a pair of anti-roll pins 8 belonging to a second ring 9 and serving to keep said ring 9 itself adapted to the base of a vertical tube 10 of a handle 11, which sleeve 11 itself comprises a dissociated upper part 12, formed of a vertical tube 13 surmounted by a transverse bar 14 provided at each end 30 with removable handles 15 for holding and directing said device 1 with two hands, said vertical tube 13 comprising an adjustment means formed of several pairs of diametrically opposite lights 16, of section smaller than that of the vertical tube 10, itself comprising at least one pair of lights 17 coming to be positioned opposite one of the pairs of lights 16 during the introduction of said vertical tube 13 inside the vertical tube 10 to be 5 connected to each other by means of a dowel 18 and held in place by means of a pin 19, making it possible to adapt the length of said tube sleeve 11 at operator size; said dissociated upper part 12 being adaptable on a handle II belonging to one or the other method of producing said device 1; said support 2 comprising on its underside 20 one or more pairs of fastening means 21 which may be threaded studs capable of receiving one or more pairs of tools 22 which may be cones 23, said cones 23 being provided respectively with a 15 central threaded recess 24 intended to be fitted to one of said threaded studs 21, said cones 23 forming dibs used to make holes in the ground intended to receive plants; each end 25 of said support 2 can be fitted with either a plug 26 which can be made of plastic or other material to prevent the earth from penetrating inside said support 2, or a fixing means 27 not shown , able to cooperate with the adaptation means 28 of a curved wheel 29 making it possible to perform

  at least two furrows in the ground simultaneously.

  - Figure N0 2 shows an interchangeable support 2 according to a first embodiment of the invention, identical to that of Figure No1, which can be formed either of a single fixed square tube having on its underside 20 a pair of studs threaded 21, the interval of which is then less than that of the two external threaded studs 21 of said figure N'1, consisting of a central square tube 30 comprising at the center of its upper face 3, a threaded stud 4 intended to receive the means for adapting a handle 11 and two movable lateral parts 31 of square tube of lower section which can move inside said central part 30, said lateral parts 31 being extensible, comprising respectively on their lower face 5 20 a fixing means which can be a threaded stud 21 able to receive a tool 22, said lateral parts 31 being able to stretch on either side of said central part 30, making it possible to adapt the spacing between the fixing means 21 to the dimension of the desired interval 10 between the rows and / or the plants, the ends 25 of the lateral parts 31 comprising either a plug 26 or a fixing means 27 capable of receiving curved wheels

29 to draw grooves.

  - Figure N0 3 is a representation of an interchangeable support 2 15, identical in design to the supports 2 shown respectively in Figures N0 1 and 2, which can be fixed or extendable, but the interval between the fixing means 21 is narrower, making it possible to trace furrows or dig holes at a closer distance 20 more particularly suitable for vegetables and plants of

small sizes.

  - Figure N0 4 is a block diagram of the upper part 32 of a stretchable support 33 according to a second embodiment of the device 1, which support 33 of more complex but more precise design than the support 2, includes both on the other, a pair of tie rods 34 fixed in the upper part by means of bolts 35 on a ring 36 sliding along a vertical axis 10 belonging to a handle 11, and held in place by means of a locking handle 37, said 30 tie rods 34 being provided with lights 38 allowing the articulation of two double bars 39 themselves fixed at the base of a vertical axis 10 by means of a locking ring 40; an assembly 41 formed by two vertical bars 42 fixed there in the upper part on the ring 36 on either side of the vertical axis 10 and connected together at their base, by means of a sliding ring 43 serving as a guide on the vertical axis 10 and of the articulation blocking formed by two 5 double bars 44 connecting the vertical bars 42 to the center of the double bars 39, said central assembly 41 allowing the articulation of the spacing and the tightening of the lower part 46 of the support 33, shown in section BB in FIG. N05, by means of the tie rods 34, the base 10 47 of the vertical axis 10 of the handle 11, being welded to a curved spider 48 shown in section AA in FIG. N05; said upper part 32 being connected on either side to the lower part 46, by means of said tie rods 34 adapted on the upper axis 49 of a fixing means 50 comprising a round plate 51 and in the lower part a threaded post 52 adapted to receive various removable tools 22, intended for working the soil, said lower part 46 being formed by a series of pairs of articulated and stretchable bars 53 fixed on either side 20 on the fixing means 50, and interconnected by means of bolts 54 and washers 55, said pairs of bars 53 moving laterally during the stretching or tightening of the lower part 46 of the support 33, and guided in the center by means of a spider formed by a first curved part 48 shown in section AA and a second transverse part 56 when said pairs of bars 53 are in even number; the spacing between the fixing points 50 being adapted to the size of the interval between the rows and / or the plants, said vertical axis 10 being a hollow tube capable of receiving the part

  dissociated upper 12 adjustable from the handle 11.

  - Figure No 6 is a representation of the device 1 according to the second embodiment described above from the functional diagrams shown in Figures No 4 and 5, said device 1 comprising a support 33 fitted on either side with '' a needle 57 on the one hand, and a curved wheel 58 on the other hand, making it possible to draw curved lines 5 for the creation of decorative rounded shapes in particular for the solid masses for example, said support 33 comprising a vertical axis 10 , which axis 10 is a hollow tube, adapted to receive the adjustable dissociated upper part 12 of the handle 11, in addition, said support 33 is provided with a pedal 59, which pedal 59, fixed on the curved part 48 of the spider AA by means of a weld, comprises an articulation means 60 making it possible to hold it in the raised position then leaving a triangular block 61 capable of holding said pedal 59 in a horizontal position when in use. tion, in particular to allow the operator to use his foot to dig holes in the ground; on the other hand, a locking handle 37 tightens the upper ring 36 on the vertical tube 10 of the handle 11 to maintain in place the spacing between tools 20 22 of said support 33 during the execution of grooves and / or

holes in the ground.

  - Figure No 7 is a detailed view of a fixing means 50 on the lower part 46 of the support 33 according to the second embodiment of the device 1, showing in particular a plate 51 provided with a light 63 as well as the lower part of said fixing means 50 comprising a slot 62 capable of receiving the locking screw 67 of the fixing means 64 of the curved wheel 58 and a threaded stud 52

intended to receive a tool 22.

  - Figure N0 8 shows a curved wheel 58 of appropriate dimensions, provided with a fixing means 64 having in the center a threaded recess 65 capable of being adapted both on a threaded stud 52 of a fixing means 50 of the support 33 that on one or the other of the threaded studs 21 belonging to the preceding supports 2 according to the first embodiment of said device 1, which fixing means 64 comprises a locking screw 67 provided with a mechanical washer 5 and intended to be adapted to the fixing means 50 through the slots 63 of the plate 51 and 62 of said means 50, and held in place by means of a lock nut 68, said curved wheel 58 being fixed on an axis 69 belonging to the fixing means 64 with the aid of a nut 70, 10 which curved wheel 58 is intended for the execution of furrows prior to the establishment of seeds and / or plants

in the ground.

  - Figure No 9 shows a needle 57 used as an axis for the execution of curves, said needle 57 15 being provided with a collar 71 allowing it to be kept at ground level when drawing curved grooves, can be adapted on either of the fixing means 21 or 52

  belonging to the supports 2 and / or 33 of the device 1.

  - Figure No. 10 shows several cones 23 of 20 different shapes and dimensions appropriate according to the size and nature of the plants to be transplanted, said cones 23 being provided respectively with a central threaded recess 24 intended to be adapted on one or the other. other of said threaded studs 21 and / or 52 naturally adaptable to one or other of the 25 supports 2 or 33 of the device 1, whatever the means of production, said cones 23 forming dibs, used to perform holes in the ground for receiving plants. - Figure N0 11 is a representation of a device 1 according to a second embodiment of which the lower part 46 of the support 33 comprises a lower and odd number of pairs of articulated bars 53 whose center axis 72 of the two bars central 73 is directly connected to the base 47 of the vertical axis 10 of the handle 11 by means of a threaded axis 74; said support 33 being provided on either side with two curved wheels 58 for drawing grooves in the ground; said curved wheels 58 being respectively adapted on one and the other of the fixing means 50 comprising threaded lugs 52 by means of their adaptation means 64 provided with a

obviously threaded 65.

  - Figure N'12 shows from the front, the same device 1 10 according to the second embodiment and comprising the same

  peculiarities as in figure N06, but the lower part 46 of the support 33 of which is fitted with a pair of tools 22 in the form of cones 23 adapted on either side on the fixing means 50, for making holes in the soil, said holes being intended to receive plants.

  - Figure No 13 is a perspective view of an enlargement of the lower part 46 of the same device 1 fitted with cones 23 serving as dibbles, as shown in Figure 12, but showing in folded position 20, a pedal 59 allowing to insert said cones

23 into the ground using a foot.

  - Figure N0 14 shows a device 1 according to the second embodiment, the lower part 46 of the support 33 has an odd and lower number of pairs 25 of bars 53, thus reducing the dimension of said device 1 for easier use on small areas such as

  embankments or massifs or even in greenhouses.

  - Figure N '15 shows a device 1 according to the invention, the support 2 is made of round tubes 30 stretchable on either side of a fixed central part 30 in the shape of an inverted T whose upper part 75 is suitable to receive an interchangeable wooden handle 76, said support 2 comprising on either side, tubes 31 of lower section, which can move laterally, said tubes 31 connected to the fixed central part 30 by means fixing 77 formed of screws 78 and butterfly nuts 79 are respectively fitted with curved wheels 29 fixed at each end by means of an axial nut 80, said curved wheels 29 intended for making grooves, the interval between said grooves being adjustable using the fixing means 77 adapted in one of the openings 81 belonging to the side tubes 31, said wooden handle 76 of adjustable length 10, being able to receive the upper part

  dissociated 12 from a handle II or which can be provided at its upper end with a curved handle 82, said interchangeable wooden handle 76 which may be short for work more particularly intended for small beds or slopes and in particular for work in the greenhouse.

  - Figure N0 16 represents a diagram explaining according to the method of the invention, the path of the device 1 from the methodology related to the design of said device 1, for the simultaneous realization and in a standing position, of at least one pair or more grooves 83 on the one hand and / or holes 84 in said grooves 83 on the other hand, depending on whether the tools 22 equipping said device 1 are curved wheels 29 or 58 or cones 23 acting as dibbles, the spacing between said grooves 83 and / or holes 25 84 being systematically carried over from furrow to furrow or from hole to hole, the use of a cord 85 being possibly used only once to position the first row, the number of grooves 83 and / or holes 84 executed simultaneously being a function of the number of curved wheels 29 or 58 and / or 30 cones 23 mounted both on said support 2 of said device 1.

  In a preferred simple and economical embodiment, the modular multifunction device 1 for planting according to the invention is characterized in that it consists of an interchangeable support 2, in square tube, having in the center of its upper face 3 , a threaded post 4 intended to receive a ring 5 comprising at its center a threaded recess 6 and a pair of laterally opposite openings 7 in which openings 7 are introduced respectively, a pair of anti-roll pins 8 belonging to a second ring 9 and serving to hold said ring 9 itself adapted to the base of a vertical tube 10 10 of a handle 11, which sleeve 11 itself comprises a dissociated upper part 12, formed of a vertical tube 13 surmounted by a transverse bar 14 provided at each end with removable handles 15 making it possible to hold and direct said device 1 with two hands, said vertical tube 13 comprising an adjustment means formed by several pairs of diametrically opposite lights 16, of section smaller than that of the vertical tube 10, itself comprising at least one pair of lights 17 coming to be positioned opposite one of the pairs of lights 16 during the introduction of said vertical tube 13 inside the vertical tube 10 to be connected to each other by means of a dowel 18 and held in place by means of a pin 19, allowing d 'adapt the length of said handle II to the size of the operator; said dissociated upper part 12 being adaptable to a handle 11 belonging to one or the other method of producing said device 1; said support 2 comprising on its underside 20 one or more pairs of fastening means which may be threaded studs 21 capable of receiving one or more pairs of tools 22 which may be cones 23, said cones 23 being provided respectively with a central threaded recess 24 intended to be fitted to one of said threaded studs 21, said cones 23 forming dibs used to make holes in the ground intended to receive plants; each of the ends 25 of said support 2 can be fitted with either a plug 26 which can be made of plastic or other material to prevent the earth from penetrating inside said support 2, or by a fixing means 27, suitable to cooperate with the adaptation means 28 of a curved wheel 29 making it possible to simultaneously carry out

minus two furrows in the ground.

  The interchangeable support 2 according to a first embodiment of the invention, may consist of a central square tube 10 comprising at the center of its upper face 3, a threaded post 4 intended to receive the means of adaptation of a handle 11 and two movable side parts 31 in square tube of lower section which can move inside said central part 30, said 15 side parts 31 being extensible, respectively having on their lower face 20 a fixing means which can be a threaded post 21 adapted to receive a tool 22, said lateral parts 31 being able to stretch on either side of said central part 30, allowing, without changing the support 2, to adapt the spacing between the fixing means 21 to the dimension of the desired interval

  between rows and / or plants.

  When the interchangeable support 2 of the device 1 is fixed, the interval between the fixing means 21 25 making it possible to trace grooves or to dig holes is of an appropriate size closer for vegetables and

  plants of small sizes and more spaced apart for the others.

  According to a second embodiment the device 1 consists of a stretchable support 33 of more complex but more precise design than the support 2, comprising on both sides a pair of tie rods 34 fixed in the upper part by means of bolts 35 on a ring 36 sliding along a vertical axis 10 belonging to a handle 11, and held in place by means of a locking handle 37, said tie rods 34 being provided with lights 38 allowing the articulation of two double bars 39 themselves fixed to the base of a vertical axis 10 by means of a locking ring 5 40; an assembly 41 formed by two vertical bars 42 fixed at the top on the ring 36 on either side of the vertical axis 10 and connected together at their base, by means of a sliding ring 43 serving as a guide on the vertical axis 10 and blocking of the articulation formed by two double bars 44 connecting the vertical bars 42 to the center of the double bars 39, said central assembly 41 allowing the articulation of the spacing and tightening of the lower part 46 of said support 33, by means of tie rods 34, the base 47 of the vertical axis 10 of the handle 11, 15 being welded to a curved spider 48, said upper part 32 being connected on either side to the lower part 46, by means of said tie rods 34 adapted on the upper axis 49 of a fastening means 50 comprising a round plate 51 and in the lower part a threaded stud 20 52 capable of receiving various removable tools 22, intended for working the soil, said lower part higher 46 being formed by a series of pairs of articulated and extendable bars 53 fixed on either side on the fixing means 50, and connected together by means of bolts 54 and washers 25 55, said pairs of bars 53 are moving laterally during stretching or tightening of the lower part 46 of the support 33, and guided in the center by means of a spider formed by a first curved part 48 and a second transverse part 56 when said pairs of 30 bars 53 are in even number; the spacing between the fixing points 50 being adapted to the dimension of the interval between the rows and / or the plants, said vertical axis 10 being a hollow tube capable of receiving the upper part

  separate 12 adjustable from the handle 11.

  Said device 1 comprising a support 33 equipped on either side with a needle 57 on the one hand, and a curved wheel 58 on the other hand, makes it possible to draw curved lines for the creation of decorative rounded shapes in particular for solid masses for example, in addition, said support 33 is provided with a pedal 59, fixed on the curved part 48 of the spider by means of a weld, and comprising an articulation means 10 making it possible to maintain it in raised position, then revealing a triangular wedge 61 capable of holding said pedal 59 in a horizontal position during use, in particular to allow the operator to use his foot to dig holes 15 in the ground; on the other hand, a locking handle 37 tightens the upper ring 36 on the vertical tube 10 of the handle 11 to maintain in place the spacing between tools 22 of said support 33 during the execution of the grooves before the establishment of the seeds and / or plants in the ground, by means of a curved wheel 58 of suitable dimensions, provided with a fixing means 64 comprising in the center a threaded recess 65 capable of being adapted both on a threaded post 52 of a means 50 for fixing the support 33 than on one or the other of the threaded pins 21 belonging to one or the other of the supports 2 according to the first embodiment of said device 1, which fixing means 64 comprises a locking screw 67 provided with a mechanical washer 66 and intended to be adapted on the fixing means 50 through the slots 63 of the plate 51 and 62 of said means 50, and 30 held in place by means of a lock nut 68, said curved wheel 58 being fixed on a axis 69 belonging by means of

  fixing 64 using a nut 70.

  A center punch 57 is used as an axis for

  the execution of curves, said needle 57 being provided with a collar 71 making it possible to maintain it at ground level during the drawing of said curved grooves can be adapted to 5 either of the fixing means 21 or 52 belonging to supports 2 and / or 33 of said device 1.

  The cones 23 are of different shapes and dimensions appropriate according to the size and nature of the plants to be transplanted, said cones 23 being provided respectively with a central threaded recess 24 intended to be adapted on one or

  the other of said threaded studs 21 and / or 52 adaptable naturally to one or the other of the supports 2 and / or 33 of the device 1, whatever the embodiment, said cones 23 forming dibs, serving to make 15 holes in the ground for receiving plants.

  The lower part 46 of the support 33 of the device 1 according to a second embodiment may comprise an odd number of pairs of articulated bars 53, the center axis 72 of the two central bars 73 is then directly connected to the base 47 of the vertical axis 10 of the handle 11 by means

  a threaded axis 74, the spacing between the axes of the tools 22 can thus be either increased or reduced, in which last case the dimension of said device 1 is adapted for easier use on small surfaces such as embankment 25 or massive or in the greenhouses.

  Whether the lower part 46 of the device 1 is made up of an even or odd number of pairs of articulated bars 53, the support 33 can be provided on either side, or with two curved wheels 58 for drawing grooves in the ground, said curved wheels 58 being respectively adapted on one and the other of the fixing means 50 comprising threaded lugs 52 by means of their adaptation means 64 provided with a

  obviously threaded 65, or a pair of tools 22 in the form of cones 23 adapted on either side by means of the threaded recesses 24 which they comprise, on the threaded studs 21 and / or 52 of the fixing means 50 , to make 5 holes in the ground, said holes being intended to receive plants.

  The interchangeable support 2 of the device 1 according to the first embodiment of the invention can be produced in round and stretchable tubes on either side of a fixed central part 30 in the shape of an inverted T whose upper part 75 is suitable for receiving an interchangeable wooden handle 76, said support 2 comprising on either side, tubes 31 of lower section, which can move laterally, said tubes 31 connected to the central central part 15 fixed 30 using fixing means 77 formed of screws 78 and wing nuts 79 are respectively fitted with curved wheels 29 fixed at each end by means of an axial nut 80, said curved wheels 29 intended to make grooves, the interval between said grooves being adjustable using the fixing means 77 fitted in one of the openings 81 belonging to the side tubes 31, said interchangeable wooden handle 76, of adjustable length, being able to receive either the dissociated upper part 12 of a handle 11, either be provided at its upper end 25 with a curved handle 82, or else be short for work more particularly intended for small beds or

  slope and in particular at work in greenhouse.

  Whatever the embodiment, all the parts constituting the supports 2 and / or 33 and the accessories 30 belonging to the design of the device 1 according to the invention, can be executed in any material such as metal, alloy, plastic or other

  suitable rigid material known or to come.

  According to the method of the invention, the path of the device 1 from the methodology linked to the design of said device 1, for the simultaneous realization and in a standing position, of at least one pair or more grooves 83 of a part and / or holes 84 in said grooves 83 on the other hand, depending on whether the tools 22 equipping said device 1 are curved wheels 29 or 58 or cones 23 serving as dibbles, the spacing between said grooves 83 and / or holes 84 can be systematically carried over from furrow to furrow or from hole to hole, the use of a cord 85 being possibly used only once according to the configuration of the ground to position the first row, the number of furrows 83 and / or holes 84 executed simultaneously 15 being a function of the number of curved wheels 29 or 58 and / or

  cones 23 mounted both on said device 1.

  After determining the location of the first row with the help of a cord 85 which will no longer need to be moved, the successive operations necessary for the placement of seeds and / or plants will be carried out in standing up position. The rows will first be executed using the device 1 fitted with at least one pair of curved wheels 29 or 58, one of the wheels being placed in alignment with said line 85, at least two grooves 83 25 will be simultaneously traced by pushing said device 1 along said cord 85, to its second end thus creating at least two rows. To obtain additional rows, one of the curved wheels 29 or 58 will be repositioned in one of the grooves 83 next to which a new row is to be implanted, the device 1 is then pushed in the opposite direction to the first end of said furrow 83 to obtain a third row, other furrows 83 can be thus obtained by repositioning one of the wheels 29 or 58 of furrow in furrow and so on as many times

that many rows to create.

  When the grooves 83 are intended to receive seeds, these are put in place and the soil is folded down using an appropriate tool such as a rake. When intended to receive plants, holes 84 are then made using the device 1, the support 2 or 33 of which is provided on either side with at least one

  pair of cones 23 forming a dibble.

  The device 1 is then positioned with the cones planted at one end of a first groove 83 allowing the simultaneous execution of the first holes 84, the cones 23 being driven into the ground using the foot supported either on the support 2 in a tube , or on the pedal 59 of the support 33 of the device 1. After the first holes 84 have been executed, the support 2 or 33 is raised on one side and repositioned in said groove 83 while holding one of the cones 23 in place and in by rotating the device 1 to 1800, new holes can then be obtained by pushing said cones back into the ground. The operation is postponed so on all along the row and in the following furrows 83 at equidistant according to the nature of the plants to be put in place without

  that it is necessary to measure the spaces each time.

  The obligation to bend down is only necessary to place the plants in the holes and cover them with soil. A considerable time saving can be obtained by using several devices 1, the successive operations then being able to be executed simultaneously; thus while a first operator using a device 1 equipped with curved wheels 29 or 58 traces the rows, another operator can dig holes 84 using a second device 1 provided with cones 23 and the plants can be placed in said holes 84 or by a third

  operator or by the first operator to complete the train paths 83.

  The present invention is not limited so much in its form, its format, its materials to the embodiments described and represented here which are only examples.

  to which all other means and forms of design, extension, assembly allowing the simultaneous execution of work according to the method of the invention, can be brought there without thereby departing from the scope of the present invention.

  The modular process and device (1) that are modular for the plantations according to the invention, inseparable, are particularly but not limited to both vegetable and horticultural crops as well as family gardens and vegetable plots or to local authorities for flower beds, parks and gardens as well as at work in greenhouses.

Claims (6)

  1 - Method for producing furrows and / or holes 5 for planting characterized in that it consists in simultaneously carrying out and in a standing position, at least two or more furrows (83) and / or holes (84) necessary for the placement of seeds and plants in the ground, and from which furrows (83) and / or holes (84) it is possible, by systematically transferring from furrow to modular, furrow into furrow and / or hole in hole, the constant intervals predetermined according to the nature of the plants to be planted, create as many furrows (83) as rows to obtain and / or as many holes (84) as 15 plants to put in place, quickly, without fatigue and without the need to bend down, move a line or measure step by step said spacings   between the furrows (83) and / or plants (84).   2 - Modular multifunctional device (1) for manual use for making grooves (83) and / or holes (84) for planting, designed for the purpose and capable of carrying out the operations of the method according to claim 1 characterized in that, inseparable from it, it consists of an interchangeable and / or (33) extendable support (2) equipped with an adjustable handle (11), adaptable to the size of the operator, said interchangeable support (2) or (33) being provided on either side with two or more adaptation means (21) or (52) capable of receiving either at least one pair or more removable tools (22) 30 such as curved wheels (29) or (58) making it possible to trace simultaneously in the ground and at regular intervals, two or more grooves (83) intended to receive seeds or plants, or tools (22) in the form of cones (23) serving as planters, of dimensions appropriate to those of the plants to be placed, perm being to simultaneously perform in said grooves (83), as many holes (84) suitable for receiving plants as there are cones (23) on the support (2), or a tool (22) in the form needle (57), used as an axis for the execution of curves said needle (57) being provided with a flange (71) allowing to maintain it at ground level when drawing said curved grooves on the one hand and a curved wheel (29) or 10 (58) on the other hand, making it possible to trace curved furrows, suitable for receiving seeds or plants with a view to creating decorative patterns comprising rounded shapes; the distance between the two curved wheels (29) and / or (58) on the one hand or the two cones (23) on the other hand, being adaptable as a function of the spacing required between the rows or between the plants according to the nature of the latter, the spacing between the needle (57) and the curved wheel (58) or (29) being that of the radius of the curve to be drawn according to the decorative pattern to be obtained.   3 - Device (1) modular multifunction according to claim 2 characterized in that the support (2) interchangeable consists of a square or round tube, having in the center of its upper face (3), a fixing means (4) suitable for receiving the means for fixing an adjustable handle (11), said support (2) comprising on its lower face (20) one or more pairs of fixing means (21) capable of receiving at least one pair of removable tools (22) which can either be curved wheels (29) or (58) making it possible to trace simultaneously in the ground 30 and at regular intervals, at least two grooves (83), or cones (23) respectively provided with a central threaded recess (24) intended to be fitted to one of the threaded studs (21) or (52), which cones (23) forming dibs used to make holes (84) in the ground, the support (2) used will be that which will correspond to the interval between said furrows (83) and / or plants (84) at ex cuter, each of the ends (25) of said support (2) being able to be fitted either with a plug (26) which can be made of plastic or other material, or with a fixing means (27), able to cooperate with the adaptation means (28) of a curved wheel (29) 4 - Multifunction device (1) modular according to   Claims 2 and 3, characterized in that the support (2) 10 is extensible and consists of a central square tube (30) provided   in the middle of its upper face (3), a fixing means (4) intended to receive the means of adaptation of an adjustable handle (11) and two movable lateral parts (31) in square tube of lower section comprising respectively 15 on their underside (20) a fastening means (21) suitable   to receive a tool (22), said lateral parts (31) being able to stretch on either side of said central part (30), allowing, without changing the support (2), to adapt the spacing between the fixing means (21) to dimension 20 of the interval between the furrows (83) and / or the plants (84).   - Device (1) modular according to one   any one of claims 2 to 4 characterized in that the adjustable handle (11) is adaptable by any fixing means (4), in the center of the upper face (3) of a support (2) or (30) suitable to cooperate with the means   adaptations of said handle (11) to the base of a vertical tube (10) belonging to said handle (11), which comprises a dissociated upper part (12), formed of a vertical tube (13) surmounted by a bar transverse (14) provided at each end with removable handles (15) for holding and directing said device (1) with two hands, said vertical tube (13) comprising an adjustment means formed by several pairs of lights (16) superimposed section smaller than that of the vertical tube (10), itself comprising at least one pair of light (17) coming to be positioned opposite one of the pairs of lights (16) during the introduction of said vertical tube (13) inside said vertical tube (10) to be connected to each other by means of a dowel (18) and held in place by means of a pin (19), allowing adapting the length of said handle (11) to the size of the operator; said dissociated upper part (12) being adaptable to a vertical tube (10) 10 of an adjustable handle (11) belonging to a support (2) or (33) according to one or the other embodiment of said device (1).   6 - Device (1) modular according to one   any one of claims 2 to 5 characterized in that it is constituted according to a second embodiment, of a   stretchable support (33) of more complex but more precise design, formed by an upper part (32) comprising on both sides a pair of tie rods (34) fixed in the upper part by means of bolts (35) on a ring (36) sliding 20 along a vertical axis (10) belonging to a handle (11), and held in place by means of a locking handle (37), said tie rods (34) being provided with lights (38 ) allowing the articulation of two double bars (39) themselves fixed to the base of a vertical axis (10) by means of a locking ring (40); an assembly (41) formed of two vertical bars (42) fixed at the top on the ring (36) on either side of the vertical axis (10) of a handle (11) and connected by means of a ring (43) serving as a guide on said vertical axis (10) and for blocking the articulation formed by two double bars (44) connecting the vertical bars (42) to the center (45) of the double bars (39), said central assembly (41) allowing the articulation of the spacing and tightening of the lower part (46) of said support (33), by means of tie rods (34), the base (47) of the vertical axis (10 ) of the handle (11), being welded to a curved spider (48), said upper part (32) being connected on either side to the lower part (46), via 5 of said adapted tie rods (34) on the upper axis (49) of a fixing means (50) comprising a round plate (51) and in the lower part a threaded stud (52) adapted to receive on either side, any pair of tools s (22) removable, for working the soil, said lower part (46) being formed by a series of pairs of articulated and stretchable bars (53) fixed on either side on the fixing means (50), and interconnected by means of bolts (54) and washers (55), said pairs of bars (53) moving laterally during the stretching or tightening of the lower part (46) of the support (33 ), and guided in the center by means of a spider formed by a first curved part (48) and a second transverse part (56) when said pairs of bars (53) are in even number; the spacing between the fixing points 20 (50) being adapted to the size of the interval between the   rows and / or plants, said vertical axis (10) being a hollow tube provided with lights (17), intended to receive the dissociated upper part (12) of the adjustable handle (11).   Said support (33) is provided with a pedal (59), fixed on the curved part (48) of the spider by means of a weld, and comprising an articulation means (60) and a wedge (61) capable maintaining said pedal (59) in a horizontal position when in use, in particular to allow the operator to use his foot to dig holes 30 (84) in the ground; on the other hand, a locking handle (37) tightens the upper ring (36) on the vertical tube (10) of the handle (11) to maintain in place the spacing between the tools (22) of said support (33) during execution of tasks. 7 - Modular multifunction device (1) according to one   any one of claims 2 to 6 characterized in that the 5 interchangeable supports (2) and / or stretchable (33) can be equipped with at least one pair of curved wheels (29) or (58) for drawing grooves (83) provided with a fixing means (64) comprising in the center a threaded recess (65) capable of being adapted both on a threaded post (52) of a fixing means (50) of the support (33) and on a post threaded   (21) belonging to one or other of the supports (2) which fixing means (64) comprises a locking screw (67) provided with a mechanical washer (66) and intended to be adapted on the means of fixing (50) through the slots (63) of the plate (51) and (62) of said means (50), and held in place by means of a lock nut (68), said curved wheel (58) being fixed on an axis (69) belonging to the fixing means (64) to using a nut (70).   8 - modular multifunction device (1) according to any one of claims 2 to 7 characterized in that the   lower part (46) of the support (33) according to a second embodiment, may include an odd number of pairs of articulated bars (53), the center axis (72) of the two central bars (73) is then directly connected at the base (47) of the vertical axis (10) of the handle (11) by means of a   threaded axis (74), the spacing between the axes of the tools (22) can thus be either increased or reduced, in the latter case the dimension of said device (1) is adapted for easier use on small surfaces such as 30 embankments or massifs or even in greenhouses.   9 - Modular multifunction device (1) according to one   any one of claims 2 to 5 characterized in that the interchangeable support (2) can be produced in round tubes   and stretchable on either side of a fixed central part (30) in the shape of an inverted T, the upper part (75) of which is capable of receiving an interchangeable wooden handle (76), said support (2) comprising and on the other, tubes 5 (31) of lower section, which can move laterally, said tubes (31) connected to the fixed central part (30) by means of a fixing means (77) formed by screws (78) and wing nuts (79) are respectively fitted with curved wheels (29) fixed at each end by means of an axial nut (80), the interval between said grooves (83) being adjustable to the using the fixing means (77) adapted in one of the lights (81) belonging to the lateral tubes (31), said interchangeable wooden handle (76), of adjustable length, being able to receive either the dissociated upper part 15 ( 12) with a handle (11), either be provided at its upper end with a curved handle (82), or else be short for work intended for small massifs or embankments and especially in greenhouse work.   - Modular multifunction device (1) according to any one of Claims 2 to 9, characterized in that   that whatever the embodiment, all the parts constituting the interchangeable supports (2) and / or stretchable (33) and the accessories belonging to the invention, are made of metal, alloy, plastic or any other material. suitable rigid material.