| 摘要 |
<p>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fertilizer applicator which can effectively perform an additional fertilizing operation, while reducing work load caused on the agricultural worker's half-sitting posture.SOLUTION: A fertilizer applicator of the present invention includes: a body pipe 11; a tip conical portion 19 projecting from a lower edge of the body pipe 11 and movable in a vertical direction; a manual operation handle 17 formed on an upper edge of the body pipe 11; a fertilizer tank 16 of a powder fertilizer 51 provided on the body pipe 19; a fertilizer pipe 13 connected to the fertilizer tank 16; and a fertilizer amount adjusting valve 12 for adjusting an amount of the powder fertilizer which passes the fertilizer pipe 13. A gap 34 is formed between the tip conical portion 19 and the body pipe 11 through which the powder fertilizer 51 passes by the operation of the manual operation handle 17, and at the same time, the amount of the powder fertilizer is adjusted by the fertilizer amount adjusting valve 12. An necessary amount of the powder fertilizer 51 is applied through the gap 34 between the tip conical portion 19 and the body pipe 11 on a surface of an additional fertilizer conical hole 61 formed by the tip conical portion 19.</p> |
