AGRO-MODULE Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC A01B49/00 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the field of agriculture, namely, to special cross-country means for agricultural crops integrated cultivation and harvesting; the agro-module for agricultural crops integrated cultivation and harvesting contains suspension agrotechnological equipment and a longitudinal truss span with two crosswise supports on the edges represented by frame structures with a support slate equal to the suspension agrotechnological equipment operating width and a bearing carriage with support devices designed so that to enable movement along the longitudinal truss span on its guides. The bearing carriage is equipped with guides attached to it with the help of a supporting and turning device ensuring the motion trajectory of the agro-module with the truss span raised over the surface. An additional carriage is fastened to the bearing carriage guides so that to enable movement; the additional carriage is intended for work with suspension agrotechnological equipment and connection to the bearing carriage by means of the supporting and turning device. On both sides of the additional carriage (aligned along the guides) support devices are mounted consisting of a support plate (with length equal to the suspension agrotechnological equipment operating width) and support posts equipped with a mechanism for vertical movement of the support plates. The agro-module is designed so that to enable regular stepwise movement with the help of chain or rope drive and coordinated transfer of its weight from the truss span longitudinal supports to the bearing carriage support devices. In a particular version of the proposed agro-module design the agro-module may be equipped with an additional drive interacting with the supporting and turning device for change of agro-module truss span azimuth position and motion trajectory correction.

EFFECT: agro-module ensuring enhanced efficiency of agricultural crops integrated cultivation and harvesting.

2 cl, 7 dwg