MANUAL TILLAGE INSTRUMENT Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC A01B1/00 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: present invention pertains to agricultural engineering for cultivating or loosening soil, as well as weeding and ridging crops, leveling a land plot and laying out planting furrows at a country house, vegetable garden and other similar land plots. The manual tillage instrument comprises a frame, in the bottom part of which there is a balancing wheel and handles in the upper part. In the middle part of the frame there is a mounting for a detachable tillage instrument, and there is a connecting rod. The bottom part of the frame has a horizontal section, on which a balance wheel with smaller diameter is put and a mounting for the detachable instrument, which is provided with clamping plates for regulating position of the detachable instrument on the horizontal. The upper part of the frame is at an angle to the vertical. In the upper part of the frame there are two cross-bars, on the lower one of which is fixed a threaded control bar, joined to the mounting of the detachable instrument through the detachable instrument, which in turn, is fitted on the cross-bar with possibility of regulating position on the vertical. The manual instrument is provided with detachable working tools and has small dimensions, which simplifies transportation.

EFFECT: reduced manual effort when tilling; simplification of tilling technology; increased labour efficiency.

6 cl, 4 dwg