ADAPTIVE MODULAR TREE PLANTING MACHINE Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC A01C14/00 A01C11/02 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: machine includes a base, on which the planting device is mounted, and the frame with a shovel and a sealing device in the form of conical rollers. The planting device is designed as a set on the basis of the receiver with the compressed air, supplied by the pneumatic system of the mounted tractor, transporter. On one side of the conveyor there is a swinging chute. The chute is fixed to the base by means of a horizontal hinge and is provided with a drive in the form of a pneumatic cylinder actuator, which is located under the gate. The gate consists of a body, on the guides of which there is a cover installed with the possibility of rectilinear forward movement. The cover is provided with a drive in the form of a pneumatic cylinder. Compressed air from the receiver is supplied to one end of the gate, and the flexible arm is fixed to the other end. Inside the manipulator there is a channel of the seedling duct, so that the cavity of the gate formed by the body and the cover has a natural extension of the seedling duct channel.

EFFECT: increased machine productivity by automating the process of planting seedlings.

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