FLAME CULTIVATOR Russian patent published in 2016 - IPC A01M15/00 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: flame cultivator for burning of weed vegetation includes skids, removable gas burner sections, shields-reflectors and gate valves. Skids are equipped with vertical longitudinal plates-knives. Gas burner sections are connected to a compressor and a gas source. Gas sections have openings in front (in the direction of travel) and at the bottom. Front openings for serve for gas and air supply. Lower openings serve for screwing in of gas-air nozzles. At the ends of the sections there are blind flanges. Shields-reflectors are connected to the flanges. At the ends of outside sections-burners there are inbuilt nozzles. Nozzles are directed into the area of rows downwards at an acute angle. Gate valves provide for a possibility to block the flame nozzles when coming across a bole.

EFFECT: ease of manufacture and higher efficiency due to simultaneous processing of spaces between rows and rows of perennial plantings.

2 cl, 3 dwg