RU2748890C2 - Trunk circle - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: tree care.SUBSTANCE: trunk circle, designed to prevent the growth of weeds and maintain soil moisture under the plant in the place of its installation, contains a body made of organic material, which has elements for the passage of air and water, an openable sash, a hole in the center. The body of the circle, together with the sash, closed and fixed by the locking elements in the closed position, is made as a planar thin-walled shelter with the edges smoothly piled up to the bottom.EFFECT: technical result is to ensure wind resistance of the circle in an open place.1 cl, 1 dwg

Description

The field of technology.

The trunk circle refers to materials and products of natural and artificial origin, which are used by users in the cultivation of various plants as an ornamental and / or applied means that prevents soil drying and weed growth, i.e. as mulch.

Preceding level. Known mulching materials - mulch materials, which in their composition are mineral, organic and synthetic. And according to their execution, mulch materials are in the form of fragmented particles or in the form of piece specialized products and products adapted to new functionality. Among the adapted products, other a, b c, ... products are known, as well as newspaper and cardboard sheets with a regular or arbitrary shape. These mulching, newspaper and cardboard sheets / products /, as well as the proposed trunk circle, contain and may contain common technical elements that differ, may differ structurally, but ensure the operation of the sheets and the circle in the field of their application. These elements include:

a) the body / of the analogue body is organic material in the form of a flat sheet, without / with a cut and a central hole /,

b) elements for the passage of air, water / for an analogue, these are mainly edges and, if available, a central hole and a cut /,

c) micro and mineral elements / constituent elements of body organics and introduced elements /,

d) elements of decorative and / or informational design / for an analogue it is an applied background, decorative elements and / or information in the form of text and images /.

Mulching trunk circles are also known: a circle made of non-woven synthetic material / we will not consider it / and its mineral copy - a trunk circle made of coconut fiber. This circle, as well as the near-trunk circle proposed for consideration, contain and may contain common technical elements that differ, may differ structurally, but ensure the operation of the circles in the field of their application. These elements include:

a1) the body / of the analogue body is organic material in the form of a flat round mat with a radial cut and a central hole /,

b1) elements for the passage of air, water / in the analog of the gaps between the fibers of the body /,

c1) micro and mineral elements / constituent elements of body organics and introduced elements /,

d1) elements of decorative and / or informational design / for an analogue it is an applied background, decorative elements and / or information in the form of text and images /.

Of the not / and shown analogs, a near-trunk circle made of coconut fiber should be considered as a prototype for a new near-trunk circle, because he and the new circle are the closest to each other in terms of the totality of technical characteristics and in the method and aspects of their intended use.

For information on mulching materials and products, see the Internet at Yandex on a thematic request, for example, on the website - dachnye-sovety.ru, mulcha.rf, etc.

Known mulching products solve the problems for which they were created and thus overlap the main functionality of the new near-stem circle, i.e. they prevent weeds from growing or hinder the growth of weeds and prevent the soil from drying out in plants. But at the same time, the constructive basis of these mulching products will not allow them to achieve a number of results and indicators, the achievement of which is the norm for a new circle.

Disclosure of the invention. In any country, private homeowners are known, i.e. those who live in their home in the suburbs and in the countryside. And most of them have a personal plot of land. Private homeowners can also include the so-called "locksmiths", i.e. urban dwellers who have a residential building and an adjoining plot of land in the suburbs, in the countryside or in horticultural associations. Of these categories of persons, one can single out a group of those who have a persistent unwillingness to do work on the land of their personal plot, i.e. dig up the ground, plant something, weed, water, etc., well, they don't like to do it. Instead of poking around in the ground, they would like to spend time idle and merry. But reality often forces those unwilling to work to work. And they, obeying the realities of life, also dig and plow the land so that there is something to eat later and / or to save some money not for buying vegetables, but for something else. And during the work, the forced farmers mentally adjust the time, and then their thoughts are concentrated in a bundle and carry them away to the desired world of indolence and idleness. And this concentrated thought, indirectly, became the basis for the ability to materialize new products that contribute to the cultivation of plants. And the products themselves - the trunk circle, etc., when implemented, will become a lifesaver for people who do not want to, but are forced to work on the ground. And these people will cheer up when they appear, because their path from forced work to idleness will be shorter. And this path will be shorter due to the fact that these products will contribute to the cultivation of crop products, and, moreover, with less labor and time. And those who are keen on working on the land will perceive new products as good helpers in their business of growing plants.

And in order for the new barrel circle to become both a rescuer and an assistant and a useful product, for this, along with the functional elements that are indicated for analogs and prototypes, it has new elements and a new design, in particular:

a / The new near-barrel circle is made as a thin-walled shelter of peat-paper pulp, with the edges heaped down, and the body as a whole resembles a Frisbee flying saucer.

This arrangement will impart wind resistance to the circle in an open area and other direct or indirect versatility that is beneficial to the plant and to the user. And it will also allow you to complete a new circle in various decorative and decorative design.

According to the above information related to the new near-barrel circle, we can make a preliminary conclusion that it is feasible, will be efficient, and therefore will be useful to users.

Brief description of the drawings. The product - a new near-barrel circle is illustrated by a drawing. In the drawing, the circle is shown in a top view, from which a sectional view of the circle is taken.

The best option for implementing a near-barrel circle. New barrel circle / cm. drawing / is made of peat paper mass and its body 16 in section looks like a thin-walled shelter. And from above, from a certain viewing angle and in the simplest version, the body of the circle resembles a playing Frisbee flying saucer. In addition, the body-shelter has a conditional top and a conditional side - a part of the body, smoothly bent to the bottom. The straight top of the circle falls slightly or completely to the center, and a central hole of 13 g with a diameter of 1-3 cm and / or a radius cut of the body is cut out in it. On the body of the circle, a cut is made along the tangent 17, which goes from the edge of the circle to the hole in the center along a tangent line. To the hole on the other side and also along a tangent line, there is a fold line / crease / 18, made in a run-up in relation to the cut. The fold line at the edge of the circle, on its part folded to the bottom, ends with a second and short cut 19. The fold line itself is a hinge for the openable sash 20, which is formed by the cuts and the fold line. From below to the body of the circle is attached a segment 21, cut off from the consumable circle. This segment is not attached to the leaf, but to the main body of the circle. At the same time, the segment overlaps the cut and itself limits the opening, which is formed and hidden by the flap and which expands from the central hole of the circle to its edge. Small, triangular, coaxial holes 22 are made on the flap and on the segment in two places. One pair of coaxial holes is made at the conditional top of the circle, in the center of the flap and the segment. And the second pair of coaxial holes is made on the conditional side of the circle and also in the center of the place where the sash and segment fit. Below the circle there are paint markings / not shown in the drawing /. One marking is made in the form of concentric circles next to the center hole. And the second marking is made as a radial row of two or three equidistant crosses. Above, the circle is painted, with the exception of a small rectangular area on the sash, which is an inscribed tag (not shown in the drawing). As a paint, a white reflective layer based on an aqueous lime emulsion with dust-free, environmentally friendly film-formers is applied. There are two wooden buttons to the circle (not shown in the drawing). The leg of the buttons at the bottom has a diametrical thickening, and the cap is made semicircular or in the form of a flower, bug, or butterfly. Depending on other requirements, the circle itself can be made: a / small, 8-10 cm, without a sash, with a hole made for installing a peat tablet in it, b / large, with twine handles, with holes around the perimeter , in / with a body, which in shape, in color is stylized as a flower bed, flower, square, etc., g / with impregnation of the body with complex or micronutrient fertilizers, d / and others ..

Well, so, we will lie in beds, on the couch, do something indecent or work for ourselves / our loved one. Let's work, for example, on our personal plot and grow bark potatoes and other things, so that we won't die of hunger or to save money not for buying vegetables, but for something else. Or we will work and satisfy our desire to work on the ground and at the same time get "good fatigue."

And so, we choose, I choose the second and third options, i.e. work. And in order to grow a bunch of potatoes, or, for example, a tomato bush in a garden bed, for this, if there is one, it will be possible to use a new near-stem circle / cm. drawing/. To use a circle, for example, a conventionally small one of 30 cm, you need to open the sash 20 when it is laid. When opened, the sash will open and unfold on its fold line 18. The open sash will settle on the main body of the circle and thus form an opening in the body of the circle. After opening the sash, the circle must be brought to the trunk of the tomato bush and the trunk of the bush must be passed through the opening to the center of the circle. A circle with a trunk in the center must be placed on the soil of the garden bed and the flap must be closed on it. When the flap is closed, the trunk of the bush will be in the central hole of the 13 g circle, and the circle itself will take the pre-working position. And in order to transfer the circle to the working position, for this it is necessary to fasten the sash 20 with the attached wood buttons to the segment 21 located under it. To do this, lift the circle from below with one hand and hold it by the segment. And with the other hand, you need to stick the first button into the triangular coaxial holes 22 of the flap and segment, which are located on the conditional top of the circle. After installing the first button, you need to hold the circle by the edge and insert the second button into the coaxial holes of the sash and segment, which are located on the conditional side of the circle - at the edge of the sash and segment. After installing the second button, the circle must be lowered onto the bed and it will take its working position. The installed buttons will reliably keep the sash from opening by the wind - the cap holds on top, and the leg is thickened from below. The circle in the working position, its edges, should be slightly pressed into the soil by 0.5-1 cm and in this position, not only the flap will be securely fixed with buttons, but the circle itself will not take off in an open place and in strong or windy conditions. It will be more strongly pressed against the soil by the wind. And the circle will not take off, even though it has a profile close to the wing of the plane and to the Frisbee. This will happen because in this case the second component of the lift force, i.e. there will be no wind flow around the circle from below. At the same time, in a strong wind, the circle from shifting to the side will keep it shallowly buried in the soil and anchor, i.e. the trunk of a tomato. For a large circle / diameter ... ?/, an additional anchor will be wooden knitting needles, pricked like a torch from a trim board. These needles should be stuck into the soil under the circle - at 45 ° and through the holes in the conditional side of the circle itself. The installed circle will prove to be not only wind-resistant, but also a multifunctional product. Two main functions - eliminating weeds and keeping moisture in the soil under the plant - will be performed steeply for one and two. At the same time, presumably the weeds that have sprouted under the circle are frail, having received less light, over time they do not / form a temporary layer under the circle. And the layer of these frail weeds will also work on the two main functionalities of the circle, and upon death it will become a tomato nutrient - direct or indirect. And in order to completely exclude the possible translucence of the walls of the circle and the germination of weeds under it, an absorbing light, charcoal, dust-free environmentally friendly paint can be applied to the circle from below. In addition to the two main functionalities, the circle along the third functionality, most of the rain and irrigation water falling on it will be directed to the central hole of 13 g. And then the water will merge through the hole to the center of the soil circle or into the depression under the plant, and spreading from the center or being in in the near-stem groove, it will wet the entire root ball of the plant. According to the fourth functional, the circle will gradually feed the plant with micro and fertilizers, which will gradually be washed out by rainwater from its body. According to the fifth functional, the circle will additionally insolate the crown of the plant with its reflective white top. According to the sixth functional, the circle will ennoble the type of plant and the place of its growth - with its neat appearance or, for example, decorated and stylized as a flower, a smiley, etc. According to the seventh functional, the circle will hide the elements of plant nutrition brought under the plant in the form of compost or manure. For the eighth functionality, the circle will inform the user about what will be entered on his label on the sash. According to the ninth functional, a circle or part of another circle will work as an element of isolating plant fruits from contact with the soil. According to the tenth functional, the circle will become an element of nutrition for a new plant, in the form of ash or as a part of compost - when it is disposed of at the end of the summer season or when it is unusable. Among other things, and this is important, the circle will reduce / the cost of labor and time / the need to weed the aisles or poison the soil biota and water with herbicide poisons, and that, and rightly so, let the weeds grow, shade the soil and maintain the diversity of the soil biotope in it, which will affect on soil fertility. It will only be necessary to prevent shading of cultivated plants, which is easy to do by rolling or slapping tall weeds to the soil so that they form a pseudomulching layer. And the circle will also allow you to fix your plant to a peg or control the soil parameters near the plant, for example, with a meter ...?. For this, a peg or something else can be stuck into the soil under the circle through the previously cut cross-shaped markings on the bottom of the circle. In addition, if the circle is used for a multi-stemmed plant, then its central hole can be expanded with scissors and also according to the markings - along the radial or concentric, located below the central hole.

Summing up the above, we see that the new circle will really contribute to the growth of plants. And its user will receive more fruits of crop production with less labor and time, which means he will not stretch his legs out of hunger and save money not on vegetables from the store, but on something else. But at the same time, the owners of chain grocery stores will be against growing the fruits of plant growing on a private garden plot, and the vegetable grower will be offended by such a facilitated growing of vegetables by a private person. So what to do now, where did the competitive start to hide, how to live and be? How to be, how to be, and let life put everything in its place, and the vegetable grower-farmer should not sulk, but use a new circle and with it reduce costs, including for poisons-herbicides, and thereby increase the yield and environmental friendliness of products. Moreover, one-tenth part of the country who grows the fruits of plant growing on its own or forcedly, and over time, their number will decrease even further, for example, the collective garden "Lesnoy" / and three more in the district /, which already by 2/3 died due to lack of light. But it is possible that the number of "own vegetable growers" will increase due to lack of money as a result of a complete drain of production and jobs from Russia to other countries. But even in this case, when using a new circle, the Russian vegetable farmer will be able to send part of his products beyond the cordon, and the main part of his products will feed the rest 9/10 or less of the population of the country, which is unable to work on its piece of land. , or unwilling to be forced farmers.

Industrial applicability.

Perhaps there will be…. Yes, not maybe, but 100 percent The trunk circle can be

replicated, will be functional, which means it will be useful for a vegetable grower who temporarily or permanently lives in a house with a backyard, and for all lovers to surround themselves with beauty who are busy growing plants - decorative and intended for food.

Claims (1)

A near-stem circle designed to prevent the growth of weeds and maintain soil moisture under the plant in the place of its installation, containing a body made of organic material, having elements for the passage of air and water, an openable flap, a hole in the center, characterized in that its body, together with the flap, closed and fixed by fixing elements in a closed position, it is made as a flat thin-walled shelter with edges smoothly piled down to the bottom, which ensures the wind resistance of the circle in an open place.

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