DEVICE FOR SOIL DIGGING AND LOOSENING Russian patent published in 2020 - IPC A01B1/00 A01B1/20 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to agriculture, in particular to horticultural tools, and is intended for soil digging and loosening. Device comprises forks consisting of connector 2 with teeth 3, stops 4 installed on extreme teeth 3, post 10 with two handles 20 and 21, fixed at a small angle from vertical back, on carrying bar. Connector 2 is fitted with foot rest 5 with its end surface secured to lower end of resilient tubular rubber harness 8 with its upper end secured to post 10. On the lower horizontal rib 14 of the bearing plank, symmetrically relative to vertical 15 and lower horizontal 16 planes of the bearing plank, there are rigidly fixed thrust-guide brackets 17, the number of which corresponds to the number of teeth 3 of the forks, note here that inner diameter of bracket 17 exceeds tooth diameter 3 and smaller than that of tooth 3 of forks and protruding length of thrust 4 on tooth 3. Device comprises front 22 and rear 23 guides made in the form of vertically oriented shaped plates arranged at distance from each other in one vertical plane, forming slit-like gap 26. Side face of front guide 22 is rigidly attached to post 10, and bases of guides 22 and 23 are rigidly fixed on fixing plate 19 attached to one of support plates 18. Top ends of guides 22 and 23 are secured between two connecting plates 28. On connector 2 of forks on both sides of slot-like gap 26 there are retaining washers 27, which protect forks from side inclinations, and rubber buffer 29 is installed between connection plates 28 and connector 2 of forks.

EFFECT: such device design provides safety for health during operation of disabled people and ease of operation.

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