DEVICE FOR APPLYING HERBICIDES TO UNDERTREE ZONE OF ORCHARD Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC A01M7/00 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: device is made in the form of a hinged unit with a three-point hitch. The hinged unit comprises a frame, a tank for the working solution, a pump, a pressure regulator, a mixer, a filter, rods with protective casings and nozzles, a compressor unit. The compressor unit supplies compressed air into the process opening of the upper casing. Protective casings of the spraying unit consist of two parts. When connecting the casing parts between their walls there remains a narrow slit for creating an air curtain along the perimeter of the protective casing. The rods are equipped with electric cylinders and electric motors. The electric cylinders and the electric motors provide transferring the rod from the transport position to the working one. The rods are equipped with laser sensors and electric motors with links. The laser sensors and the electric motors with links provide the possibility to bypass tree boles.

EFFECT: improving the safety and quality of plant treatment, reducing the number of treatments.

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