COMBINATION SPADE Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: household, orchard and garden work. SUBSTANCE: spade has main tool in the form of digging blade and auxiliary tool 5 made as, for example, pitchfork-ripper set on shank by means of connecting piece. Auxiliary tool 5 is secured on adapter positioned between main tool and connecting piece by means of crisscross shank 6. Auxiliary tool is mounted in front of main tool or in its recesses. It is kept from displacement in vertical plane and pressed to main tool by spring. With one end spring 8 is secured in hole of shank 6 from rear side of device and with the other end it is secured to connecting piece through spring tensioning appliance 9. Removable pedal 10 is installed on end of shank 6. EFFECT: higher efficiency, reduced fatigue. 2 dwg