Plant husbandry – Miscellaneous – Modified earth's surface – e.g. – sod – turf – reinforced
Patent
1993-09-23
1995-03-07
Raduazo, Henry E.
Plant husbandry
Miscellaneous
Modified earth's surface, e.g., sod, turf, reinforced
156468, 156475, 206411, A01G 1708
Patent
active
053946448
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The subject of this invention is a device for tying vines or other plants that can be trained by tying, using adhesive tape.
Tying the vines or other plants consists of placing ties gathering the vine shoots or branches to the training strings in order to maintain and guide the vegetation in its growth.
At the present time various ties are used for tying vines, consisting either of iron wire that may or may not be coated with paper, or of elastic thread or plastic strips that are joined at the ends using a metal fastener.
However, installation of these ties is not easy, and it requires the use of tools that are heavy and difficult to handle. In addition, the fasteners implemented in certain tying techniques might not decompose quickly enough and could fall into the grape crop during the harvest, while ties of iron wire can damage the vegetation or the handler.
There are also devices that permit the tying of various plants using adhesive tape, in particular the one described in document FR-A-2.188.940. However, use of that device is poorly adapted to tying vines and should rather be reserved for temporary use such as, for example, tying up plants in a garden, since it is time-consuming and difficult to handle and requires sufficient clearance around the branches to allow for the entire device to pass through.
This invention intends to solve those problems by proposing a device for tying vines or other plants that can be trained by tying using adhesive tape, since this device is easy to use and can be implemented in a single movement.
The device according to the invention allows, in fact, in a single movement, for the adhesive tape to unroll, surround the branch and the training string, bring together the two ends of the adhesive tape and cut them, all while preparing a new tie.
To that end, the device according to the invention has the characteristics that are presented in the characterization section of the independent claim.
The advantages and characteristics of the device according to the invention are demonstrated more clearly in the description that follows and refers to the attached drawing, which represents two non-restrictive design methods.
IN THE ATTACHED DRAWING
FIG. 1 represents a diagrammatic side view of the first method of design of the device according to the invention.
FIG. 1a represents a side view of a detail of FIG. 1, specifically how the adhesive tape is cut after placing the tie.
FIGS. 2, 3, 4 and 5 represent partial diagrammatic side views of the same device in the successive stages of placing the tie.
FIG. 3a represents a diagrammatic view of a detail of FIG. 3.
FIG. 4a represents a diagrammatic view of a detail of FIG. 4
FIG. 6 represents a diagrammatic sectional view of a second design method for the device according to the invention.
FIG. 7 represents a diagrammatic view of that same device as a tie is being placed.
FIG. 8 represents a view, from an overhead section on a larger scale, of a detail of FIG. 7.
FIG. 9 represents a partial view to scale of a detail of FIG. 6.
If you refer to FIG. 1, you can see that a device 1 according to the invention includes a flat body 10, the rear portion 11 of which encloses a roll 2 of adhesive tape 20.
Its front part 12 houses a star-shaped wheel 3 with six spokes 30, mounted in free rotation around a transverse axis 31, with the end of each of the spokes 30 equipped with a small cylinder 32 with an axis parallel to axis 31 of the cover wheel 3 and of a length that is approximately equal to the width of the adhesive tape 20.
The spokes 30 are distributed in three pairs 33, the spokes 30 of one pair 33 being surrounded by the side walls 34 protruding over their ends and separated by the space 35 separating two adjacent spokes 30 from two neighboring pairs 33.
The axis 31 of the star-shaped wheel 3 crosses the body 10 of the device 1 in a crosswise direction at a short distance from its lower edge 13, which runs in a straight line, such that it completely passes by one pair 33 of spokes 30.
A cover 4 in the arc of a circle, jointed at one of
REFERENCES:
patent: 3902956 (1975-09-01), Thompson
patent: 4945674 (1990-08-01), Alexandrian
ECB SaRL
Raduazo Henry E.
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