RU2736111C1 - Manual potato planter and method of its use - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: group of inventions relates to agriculture, in particular to horticulture and truck farming, and is used for sowing seeds, for example potatoes. Potato planter includes a handle with a handle and a working member. Working element consists of support and working surfaces. Working surface is made in form of cone-shaped tip and pin attached to it to indicate distance between holes. Cone-shaped working surface is made of two symmetrical halves, interconnected hingedly with possibility of divergence of halves tops in one plane. In each half of the cone-shaped working surface outside the base plane there are stiffeners in the form of semi-ring segments, on the edges of which there are hinges. Barrel is fixed along one cone-shaped half, and pin is fixed on other half in plane of cone base and perpendicular to axes of hinges. Method of use manual potato planers includes: providing a rigid support and working surfaces, wherein potatoes tubers are dropped to preset depth by inserting tapered working surface to stiffness ribs, simultaneous retention of one half in such position and pushing aside top of other half of cone till tuber is left.

EFFECT: at such performance simplification of potatoes planting process and reduction of labor costs.

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Description

Technology area

The invention relates to agriculture, in particular, to the field of horticulture and horticulture and is used for sowing seeds, for example, potatoes.

State of the art

A potato planter is known from the patent literature (patent RU 78393, IPC A01B 1/02 (2006.01), published on November 27, 2008 Bull. No. 33), including a handle, a handle and a working body, consisting of a support and working surfaces, and the supporting surface is made cruciform, and the working one is in the form of a cone-shaped tip attached to a cone-shaped cover rigidly connected to the crosspiece, and one of the ends of the crosspiece protrudes beyond the cover.

Significant disadvantages of this analogue are low operational adaptability, double work occurs, the device performs only holes in which potatoes are placed, then these holes need to be filled with other garden tools - a rake.

By its technical nature, the closest analogue is a manual potato planter (patent RU 72282963, IPC A01C 9/00 (2006.01), published 09/10/2006 Bull. No. 25), containing a handle with a blade and a handle located perpendicular to the handle, a bracket and a receiving container, a potato planter is equipped with a movable foot stop, a hook, a row spacing limiter and a retainer, and the handle is made in the form of a metal pipe, the lower part of which has an oblique cut located on the side of the handle with a valve closing it, and the upper part of the pipe is made expanding upward and is a receiving container, while The movable foot stop is rigidly connected to the valve, the hook and pivotally to the bracket, and the row spacing stop is made in the form of a rectangular bar with the possibility of 180 ° rotation and is located above the movable stop, and the lock is located in the lower part of the pipe under the row spacing stop

The disadvantage of this design is the cumbersomeness and complexity in operation, high labor intensity.

The proposed technical solution eliminates these disadvantages.

Disclosure of invention

The technical result of the claimed invention is to simplify the planting process and reduce labor costs.

This technical result is achieved due to the fact that

in a manual potato planter, including a handle with a handle and a working body, consisting of a support and working surfaces, the latter is made in the form of a cone-shaped tip and a pin attached to it to indicate the distance between the holes, and the conical working surface is made of two symmetrical halves hinged to each other with the possibility of divergence of the tops of the halves in one plane, in each half of the cone-shaped working surface outside the base plane, stiffeners are made in the form of semi-circular segments, on the edges of which hinges are installed, the handle is fixed along one conical half, and the pin is fixed on the other half in the plane of the base of the cone and perpendicular to the hinge axes;

a method of using a manual potato planter, which includes: providing a rigid support and working surfaces, and the planting of potato tubers at a given depth is performed by introducing a conical working surface to the stiffeners, simultaneously holding one half in this position and moving the top of the other half of the cone until the tuber is left.

Distinctive features are:

the cone-shaped working surface is made of two symmetrical halves, hinged to each other with the possibility of divergence of the tops of the halves in one plane, the presence of the structure allows its facilitated immersion in the ground and provides a reduction in the duration and labor costs when planting seeds, and excluding the possibility of divergence of the tops of the halves in one plane;

in each half of the cone-shaped working surface outside the base plane, stiffeners are made in the form of semi-circular segments at the edges of which hinges are installed, the stiffeners in the form of semi-circular segments serve as a supporting surface when a conical working surface is introduced, eliminating the divergence of the halves, which reduces labor costs when held with one foot half and tilting the other half with your hand while planting the potatoes;

the handle is fixed along one cone-shaped half, and the pin is fixed on the other half in the plane of the base of the cone and perpendicular to the axes of the hinges, this design reduces labor costs when planting tubers;

planting potato tubers at a given depth is performed by introducing a tapered working surface to the stiffeners, this operation is performed by simultaneously pressing the handle and foot on the supporting surface, which reduces labor costs;

simultaneously holding one half in this position and pushing back the top of the other half of the cone until the tuber is left, this simplifies the process and reduces labor costs.

From the analysis of scientific, technical and patent literature, the totality of the declared features is unknown, this allows us to conclude that the proposed technical solution meets the criterion of "novelty".

Brief description of the figure

The invention is illustrated graphically, where FIG. depicts an isometric view of a potato planter, consisting of 1 - a handle, 2 - a handle, 3 - a right conical half, 4 - a left conical half, 5 - a hinge on one edge of the halves, 6 - a hinge on the other edge of the halves, 7 - a stiffener in the form of a semicircular segment of the right cone-shaped half, 8 - a stiffener in the form of a semicircular segment of the left cone-shaped half, 9 - a pin serving as a support for the leg and marking between the holes.

Implementation of the invention

The device of a manual potato planter works as follows: a potato planter is placed in the loose soil, in a cone of which there are potatoes. The potato planter is held by the handle 1 and the stalk 2, one foot is pressed on the pin 9 and stiffeners 7 and 8, this operation is performed by simultaneously pressing the handle and foot on the supporting surface, the cone-shaped tip is immersed in the ground up to the stiffeners 7 and 8. Then, turning the handle 2 perpendicular to the axis of the hinges 5 and 6, the potato falls into the formed hole, and the device is taken out of the ground. Then the process is repeated again, in the next hole, the distance of which is indicated by the adjustable pin 9.

The method implementing the use of a manual potato planter works as follows.

The provision of a rigid support and working surfaces is achieved by making the stiffeners 7 and 8 in the form of semi-circular segments of the optimal width of each cone-shaped half of the working body, both from the point of view of structural reliability and from the point of view of minimum labor costs for the process. Planting potato tubers at a given depth is performed by introducing a conical working surface, consisting of a right conical half 3 and a left conical half 4, up to stiffeners 7 and 8. Simplification of the planting process is achieved by simultaneously holding the left conical half 4 in a fixed position and moving the top of the right conical half 3 before leaving the tuber, by applying force through the handle 1 and the handle 2 on the right cone-shaped half 3, acting as a lever in the bearings of the hinges 5 and 6, reduce labor costs.

The proposed device and method of its use greatly facilitates the process of planting potatoes, by reducing labor costs. This design, due to the lightness of its design, is simple and convenient in operation and allows to reduce the load on the worker's body. It also provides a uniform planting depth with a small crater in the nest, as a result of which, potato shoots germinate simultaneously and with subsequent hilling, the fruiting space increases.

Sources of information:

1. Patent RU 78393, IPC A01B 1/02 (2006.01), published on November 27, 2008 Byull. No. 33;

2. Patent RU 72282963, IPC A01C 9/00 (2006.01), published 10.09.2006 Bull. No. 25.

Claims (3)

     1. Manual potato planter, including a handle with a handle and a working body, consisting of a support and working surfaces, the last of which is made in the form of a cone-shaped tip and a pin attached to it to indicate the distance between the holes, characterized in that the conical working surface is made of two symmetrical of the halves, pivotally connected to each other with the possibility of divergence of the tops of the halves in one plane, in each half of the conical working surface outside the base plane, stiffeners are made in the form of semicircular segments, on the edges of which hinges are installed, the handle is fixed along one conical half, and the pin is fixed on the other half in the plane of the base of the cone and perpendicular to the axes of the hinges. 2. A method of using a manual potato planter, including: providing a rigid support and working surfaces, characterized in that the potato tubers are planted to a predetermined depth by introducing a conical working surface to the stiffeners, simultaneously holding one half in this position and moving the top of the other half of the cone until the tuber is left.

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