DEVICE FOR LOCUSTS COLLECTION Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC A01M5/08 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: locusts collection device contains the frame on the wheels. The frame is attached to the tractor. The frame is equipped with the bags filling machines and fan-crushers of rotor type. The bags filling machines are connected through the pneumatic line to the suction working body. The suction body is made as a roller. The rollers are hingedly attached to the bar, fixed to the rear part of the frame. Each roller consists of the external rotating in the bearing supports shell and the internal fixed shell. The shells are interconnected through the hubs. The external shell is made with slots. The slots are located along its entire circumference. The size of the slots corresponds to the maximum locust size. The scrapers to collect locusts are attached from the external surface of the internal shell to the inner surface of the external shell. The distance between the scraper and the external surface of the internal shell corresponds to the minimum locust size. In the upper part of the internal shell, the locust collect slot is made along its entire length. The hopper is located under the slot. The hopper is attached to the internal shell surface and it is connected to the pneumatic line from both sides. The hopper width corresponds to the pneumatic line pipeline diameter. In the lower part of the bags filling machines there are the holes with shells for fixing the bags for the processed locusts. At the end of the upper part of the bag filling machine, the air vent with the shell to fix the fabric filter is made.

EFFECT: ability to collect locusts effectively and use it as the feeding additive.

3 cl, 5 dwg