TREE-PLANTING MACHINE Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: mechanical engineering, in particular, equipment for forming microridges and simultaneously for planting seedlings in newly cut areas with temporarily water-logged soils. SUBSTANCE: tree-planting machine has frame with three sections pivotally coupled one with another. First frame section carries one central and two side slitters, left-handed and right-handed plow bodies mounted on side slitters, ripper, shank and seedling feeding mechanism. Slitters are made in the form of vertical plates with obtuse angle of penetration into soil. Ripper is mounted in front of shank in symmetry with shank longitudinal axis and offset rearward relative to plow bodies. Second frame section carries covering tools formed as spherical disks and third frame section carries covering rollers. EFFECT: increased efficiency, simplified construction and enhanced reliability in operation. 2 dwg