Device for tapping and inoculating trees
AssigneeKing Saud University
InventorsHashim Ali El Atta, Ibrahim Mohamed Aref, Abdurrahman Ali Alazba, Sayeda Ali Ahmed Khalil, Kareem Khaled Mohamed
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Abstract
The device for tapping and inoculating trees includes an elongate, main arm having an actuating mechanism attached to one end and a housing attached to the opposite end. A cutting mechanism extends from one side of the housing and a spray system is disposed in a recess in the housing. A universal actuator operates both the cutting mechanism and the spray system upon activation by the actuating mechanism. The cutting mechanism taps or scrapes the bark off the target branch and the spray system sprays a solution that stimulates the tapped area into producing more sap and sap of higher quality.
Claims9
A device for tapping and inoculating trees, comprising:
- an elongate, hollow main arm having opposing ends;
- an actuating mechanism attached to one of the ends of the main arm;
- a housing connected to the end of the main arm opposite the actuating mechanism, the housing having a main hollow interior and having a recess on a top portion of the housing above the main hollow interior, the housing also having a side opening;
- a cutting system extending through the side opening of the housing, the cutting system having a cutter adapted for tapping the tree;
- a spray system detachably mounted in the recess, the spray system being adapted for spraying a solution containing a biosubstance for stimulating increased sap production;
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- a universal actuator operating both the cutting system and the spray system upon activation by the actuating mechanism, the universal actuator facilitating substantially concurrent activation of the spray system and the cutting system in order to spray the biosubstance into the tapped tree branches.
A device for tapping and inoculating trees, comprising:
- an elongate, hollow main arm having opposing ends;
- an actuating mechanism attached to one of the ends of the main arm;
- a housing connected to the end of the main arm opposite the actuating mechanism, the housing having a main hollow interior and having a recess on a top portion of the housing above the main hollow interior, the housing also having a side opening;
- a cutting system extending through the side opening of the housing, the cutting system having a cutter adapted for tapping tree branches;
- a spray system detachably mounted in the recess, the spray system being adapted for spraying a solution containing a biosubstance for stimulating increased sap production;
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- a universal actuator operating both the cutting system and the spray system upon activation by the actuating mechanism, the universal actuator facilitating substantially concurrent activation of the spray system and the cutting system in order to spray the biosubstance into the tapped tree branches;
- wherein the actuating mechanism comprises;
- a support bar adapted for resting a user's palm;
- a hand lever pivotally mounted to the support bar;
- a lever mechanism connected to the cutting system, the lever mechanism forming a part of the universal actuator;
- a first cable extending between the hand lever and the lever mechanism;
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- a second cable extending between the lever mechanism and said spray system.
A device for tapping and inoculating trees, comprising:
- an elongate, hollow main arm having opposing ends;
- an actuating mechanism attached to one of the ends of the main arm;
- a housing connected to the end of the main arm opposite the actuating mechanism, the housing having a main hollow interior and having a recess on a top portion of the housing above the main hollow interior, the housing also having a side opening;
- a cutting system extending through the side opening of the housing, the cutting system having a cutter adapted for tapping the tree;
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- a spray system detachably mounted in the recess, the spray system including a solution for stimulating increased sap production, wherein the solution includes a biosubstance, the actuating mechanism being coupled to the cutting system and the spray system to facilitate substantially concurrent activation of the spray system and the cutting system in order to spray the biosubstance into the tapped tree.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.