MANUAL RAKE Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC A01D7/06 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to agricultural equipment, namely to manual rake for horticultural and field works. It can be used in turning, forming rolls and collecting beveled herbs into stooks, as well as in harrowing the tilled soil and cleaning the territory from garbage. Rake consist of plank 6 with fixed on it in one row teeth 4, 5 and shank 7. Extreme teeth 4 are made in the form of rods, ends of the working sections of which are bent at angle α to the side opposite from the direction of the rake movement, and having working height H greater than height h of the teeth arranged between the extreme teeth. Extreme teeth are made with the possibility of changing their working height by smooth or discrete adjustment or replacement and have an elastically deformable section in the area of bending.

EFFECT: such embodiment provides higher efficiency of the processes for turning, forming rolls and collecting beveled herbs into stooks and reduced force for their movement over the treated surface and maintaining the productivity of perennial grasses, besides, the rake service life is increased due to elimination of deformation and breaking the teeth at their engagement with bushes of crop residues.

1 cl, 6 dwg