METHOD OF FORMING RIDGES FOR SOWING AND HARVESTING OF ROOTS AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC A01B79/00 A01B13/02 A01B49/02 

FIELD: agriculture, in particular, vegetable growing.

SUBSTANCE: method involves cutting furrows; separating undercut soil layer; placing separated part of soil layer to furrow wall boundaries, followed by shifting thereof to furrow zone and forming of ridge; before separation procedure, subjecting undercut soil layer to rotavation, and after separation procedure, distributing unseparated part of soil layer in base of ridge side walls and forming track with flat bottom for passage of propellers of agrotechnical plant care machines. Apparatus has hillers fixed on frame and lateral rotavation drums equipped with housings. Separating grids disposed behind rotavation drums are made from C-shaped rods spaced from rotavation drum by distance enabling passage of rotavation drum knives through grid gaps and self-cleaning thereof. Apparatus is further equipped with section pivotally attached by means of carrier and flexible members on upper surface of rotavation drum housing. Side shields of housing are fixed at an angle to one another for forming of ridges. Hillers are positioned on frame forward of rotavation drums and have undercutting-turning front part and guarding-lateral vertical walls in rear part, having height at least equal to height of fastening drive shaft of rotavation drums. Lower edges of adjacent side shields of rotavation drum housing are positioned in one horizontal plane, at an angle to each other for forming track with flat bottom and width equal to width of propellers of plant care machines. Seeding section has seed hopper, seed guide, shank, coverer, and spring-loaded covering roller.

EFFECT: provision for forming of ridges from soil crumbles equal in size, planting to equal depth, retention of ridge shape during the entire plant vegetation period, harvesting without carrying out of soil from field.

4 cl, 5 dwg