Patent AT-E400167-T1: [Translated] AGRICULTURAL MACHINE FOR INCORPORATING LIQUID SUBSTANCES INTO THE SOIL

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.