This invention relates to a machine designed to perform a complete spray treatment on agricultural land by incorporating in the soil liquid substances such as plant protection products, weedkillers, fertilisers and soil conditioners. The machine according to the invention is suitable in particular for treatments, such as fumigation of agricultural land, which involve incorporating into the soil liquid substances that subsequently evaporate and perform their function in the gaseous state. Said machine, which is of the type comprising: first means (3) designed to spray said soil with said liquid substances; second means (8) designed to break up said soil and mix it with said sprayed liquid substances; third means (5) designed to compact said sprayed soil, creating a compact crust which prevents the exit of the fumes generated by the evaporation of said liquid substances sprayed by said first means (3); nis characterised in that said first means (3), designed to spray said soil with said liquid substances, are positioned in the immediate vicinity of said second means (8), designed to crush said soil and mix it with said sprayed liquid substances, in such a way that said liquid substances are mixed with said soil simultaneously with spraying, and that said second means (8) include a stone-burying machine.

The invention concerns a device (1) for manipulating tools comprising two parts, said device being of the type consisting of a frame and at least one tray forming a table, designed to receive the mold. The invention is characterized in that it comprises two horizontally arranged trays (6, 9-7, 8) one of which is arranged sliding on the frame to be mobile in translation relative to the other tray, from a close position to a remote position and inversely, so as to enable the tool to be manually opened and closed.

The invention relates to a storage machine (1) for articles which comprises a plurality of compartments which are open to one side and which are configured on a rotatably mounted rotary magazine (10) that is at least partially surrounded by a housing (21) or any other delimitation. The storage machine further comprises at least one closing element (13), adjustable relative to a predefined center access opening (22) in the housing (21) and controlling, especially releasing or preventing, access to defined or individual compartments. The closing element (13) comprises at least one closing shutter that is mounted in such a manner as to be adjustable relative to the access opening (22) or the housing (21), and openings that are predefined in terms of size and/or height position and that are at least approximately adapted to the respective compartment openings and/or compartment height positions, and at least one door (15) that is mounted upstream of the compartments with respect to the direction of access or depth. Said door optionally releases or prevents access to the closing shutter or to a compartment positioned behind an opening.

The invention concerns a device for the upkeep of a hedge (10) comprising an element adapted to move in reciprocating motion parallel above and/or beside the hedge (10). The displacement is performed repeatedly and automatically so as to prevent the hedge from growing beyond a predetermined limit by the trajectory of the mobile element. The mobile element is shaped like a gantry and moves along one or several aerial or ground rails (4). The ridges of the gantry are fitted with a cutting edge or with an abrasive element (6). The mobile element is driven by a roller (3) and is mounted on an electric gear motor (1).

The invention relates to a drive for a driving rod (1) for a window or door, wherein a toothed wheel (7) which is, for example manually controlled by a hand lever, is rotationally mounted in a housing (4). A driving rod (3) movable along the housing (4) and directly or indirectly interacting with the teeth of the toothed wheel (7) is associated therewith. Abutments (13) extending in a parallel position to the axis of rotation (14) of the toothed wheel (7) are provided in the housing (4) for the hand lever fixing elements. Said housing (4) comprises two housing halves (5,6) in which the toothed wheel (7) bearing is placed. A spacer (8) is arranged between the housing halves (5,6) and comprises the abutments for the hand lever fixing elements and fixing elements connectable to said housing halves (5,6). The aim of said invention is to design a drive for the driving rod drive consisting of individual parts which are easily producible at low cost and mountable without any problem. For this purpose, the housing halves consist of identical plates (5, 6), the spacer (8) is embodied in the form of an angled metal sheet section which is placed between said plates and comprises at least one vertical web (15) which extends along the axis of rotation (14) of the toothed wheel (7) and is associated with said plates (5, 6) for fixing, the spacer (8) length approximately corresponds to the space between the fixing elements, and the abutments (13) are mounted on said spacer.

1. A bucket excavator (1) having an arm system (6) carrying a work tool (21) preferably formed as a ditcher (20) which has a dipper arm (30) fixed to a pivotable beam (12) and which can be folded generally in a vertical plane to a transport position and is adjustable from this position to an extended position, by means of a pivot drive connected to the beam (12), which engages with a dipper arm connection (15) on the free end of the dipper arm (30), characterised in that a pair (31) of alternately loadable traction cylinders (32, 33) is provided as the pivot drive, of which one serves for extending the dipper arm (30) and by means of a flexible traction means (49) is connected to the free end of the dipper arm (17), whilst the other traction cylinder (32) serves for folding the arm system (6) and is connected by a flexible traction means (38) between the connections (15, 19) of the dipper arm (30) and the work tool (21) to the dipper arm (30), and that both traction means (38, 49) on the beam (6) are guided between the dipper arm connection (15) and the beam connection, in which a rocker arm (53) fixed to the dipper arm (30) in the extended position of the dipper arm (30) turns the traction means (38) of the traction cylinders (32) serving for folding of the arm system (6) and in the folded position of the arm system (6) turns the traction means (49) of the traction cylinder (33) serving for the extension around the axis (16) of the dipper arm connection (15) by means of a curve (55).

A manually-actuated device for the deliver of a volume of liquid which includes an outlet through which liquid is in use delivered and a cover member which is movably disposed relative to the housing between a first position in which the cover member at least partly covers the outlet and a second position in which the cover member acts as a lever which in use is acted upon by a user to actuate the delivery device.

The invention is directed to an apparatus for controlling at least one electronic device, comprising a haptic input means, an acoustic input means, and a switching means for switching between the acoustic input means and the haptic input means, such that an input is received by the apparatus via only one input means at a time. The invention is also directed to a method for inputting data using an apparatus comprising a haptic input means, an acoustic input means and a switching means for switching between the input means, comprising the steps of receiving input via one of the input means, switching from the one input means to the other input means upon receipt of a switching command by the switching means, and receiving input via the other input means wherein input is received by the apparatus via only one input means at a time.

An irrigation system for plants comprises at least one elongate plant through a main pipe with a first, greater cross-sectional area, a plurality of openings distributed in the longitudinal direction and positioned in the bottom of the plant trough, and a plurality of branch pipes each with a second, smaller cross-sectional area. The branch pipes connect the main pipe to the openings. The main pipe is further connected to means for supply and discharge of water. The water level in the plant trough is regulated by supplying or discharging water to and from the main pipe. In manufacture, the means are arranged on a frame belonging to a cultivation table.

1. A single-spindle or multi-spindle deep boring machine having a tool change device characterised in that the device (7) is formed by cylindrically arranged receiving tubes (8), wherein along a part of the length of the receiving tubes (8) the cross-section thereof is removed over an angle of somewhat more than 180 degrees, in such a way that for the purposes of receiving a deep boring tool (3, 3') perpendicularly to the axis of the receiving tube (8), wherein the inside diameter thereof is substantially equal to the diameter of the deep boring tool (3, 3'), an open half-shell is formed, from which the deep boring tool can be pushed into the remaining part in the axial direction of the receiving tube (8).