WEED CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: agricultural engineering. SUBSTANCE: method involves directing air flow to crop plants for inclining crop plants to adjacent spacing and mowing large-stalk weeds to the level of crops inclined to soil surface. Apparatus has drive shaft and disk attached to shaft end and provided with blades and mowing cutters. Blades and cutters are enclosed in housing and arranged in plane perpendicular to operating unit advancement direction. Lower part of housing is provided with air discharge window. EFFECT: increased efficiency in weed control, simplified method and apparatus and enhanced reliability in operation. 2 cl, 2 dwg