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Machine with a multifunctional chassis for working the soil in tree or shrub plantations

US6585056B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 6, 2001
Grant dateJul 1, 2003
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Expiry dateNov 6, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA01B39/166
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Machine for working the soil in tree or shrub plantations, consisting of a chassis (1-2) equipped with mechanisms (4-5a, 11, 11) allowing it to be mounted on the universal three-point hitch system of a farm tractor and consisting, laterally, of mechanisms (28a, 28b) permitting the mounting of lateral tools (29A, 29B) allowing the working of the soil near the feet of the aligned trees or shrubs and mechanisms for driving these tools in rotation from the power take-off shaft of the tractor, characterized in that the chassis (1-2) is itself provided with a universal three-point hitch system (4-5b, 13, 13) allowing the mounting, on this chassis, of a second machine that customarily moves in between the rows, for the working or the treatment of the soil, or any other job related to the cultivating of the trees or shrubs.

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