FOREST PLANTING MACHINE FOR PLANTING SEEDLINGS ON CUTTINGS Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: forestry. SUBSTANCE: machine has frame, carrier wheels, slitter-share and disk-shaped covering tools. Frame has front and rear pivotally connected sections. H-beam is rigidly fixed to bar of frame front section. Openings are formed lengthwise of H-beam at distances of 500 mm and 300 mm one with respect to another for attachment of share and frame rear section in these openings so that they may be fixed and repositioned. Share is equipped at its front section with cutting edge of 700 mm length, which is penetrated into soil at an acute angle of 20-30 deg. Share thickness is increasing toward lower base up to 20 mm. Slitter sides have at their rear upper and lower parts beveled portions. Recesses in slitter sides have height of 45-50 mm and length of 140-150 mm. Covering disks are made spherical for compacting soil around rootage of planted seedlings. Carrier wheels are mounted on each frame section. Machine is mainly used for planting large-sized seedlings on newly cut lands without preparing soil for planting. EFFECT: increased efficiency and improved planting quality. 2 dwg