FOREST PLANTING MACHINE Russian patent published in 2023 - IPC A01C11/02 

FIELD: forestry.

SUBSTANCE: forest planting machine contains a frame with an attachment, a coulter, drive pneumatic wheels, compacting rollers, a chain planter with grippers, a chain drive, drive and driven sprockets, a planter's seat and boxes for planting material. The coulter is made in the lower part with a protrusion having an acute angle of entry into the soil, and in the middle and upper parts it is made with a right angle of entry into the soil. The forest planting machine additionally contains a ripple-edge disk, which is connected to the coulter with a minimum gap at the point formed by the radius of the ripple-edge disk and the upper surface of the protrusion of the coulter, at an angle of 90°. The ripple-edge disk and the pneumatic drive wheels are mounted motionless on one common axis mounted on bearing supports. In addition, the grips of the chain planting apparatus are made in the form of beams with two cranked spring-loaded brackets having elastic clamps and rollers, and at the ends of the beams there are supporting trays installed in a shape corresponding to the seedling or sapling briquette.

EFFECT: invention makes it possible to plant seedlings and saplings with both open and closed root systems, while ensuring high quality of planting and the possibility of effective operation in conditions of non-uprooted forest clearings and burnt areas.

1 cl, 5 dwg