DATE PALME POLLINATOR AND POWDER DISPERSER FOR HIGHT TREES

Abstract

A plant duster, especially for data palm pollination, has a small tube for dispersing dust (1) and a container for the dust to be dispensed (7). A rubber stopper (3) in one end of the container and about one end of the small tube flexibly mounts the small tube on the container for communication with the container for receiving the dust. A truncated, hollow cone (4) has one end on the other end of the cylinder part of the caver of the container for communicating with container of the dust therein and a threaded tube on the other end. The container of the pollen Flour mixture (7) threaded to tubular (14), battery-operable air pump (15) has threads on one end for connection to Inverted truncated, and hollow cone (24) this hollow cone connected to 5 cm diameter cylinder (53) contains the batteries and the upper control system. This tub threaded to the carrying tub. A first carrying tube section (26) is threaded on to the threaded tube at one end and has an enlargement about the other end. There are also further carrying tube sections in graduated diameters, each further carrying tube section having an enlargement about one end corresponding to that about the other end of the first carrying tube. A last carrying tube section has threads on the other end to plastic tub contains the remote control system of the pollinator, whereby operating the pump to entrain the dust therein and dispense the entrained dust through the small tube. Timer and speed control give constant dose of the pollen that can be adjusted automatically and manually.

A collection system to collect pollen from the male cluster. It consists of a bag of sieve cloth at the end of which is a steel ball attached to a flexible metal wire to move the ball. The flexible metal wire passes through the tube (39) to facilitate movement. This bag surrounded by another bag of non-permeable cloth (37) that collects pollen. Special grinding machine with a battery that grinds the flowers into the bag, to get the highest amount of pollen and best Specification. A bag inclosing all these with solar batters charger and other accessories.

Claims

1-3. (canceled)

4. A device providing pollination in high trees with an expandable pipe, the device including two parts that are strong, effective and low cost, light, used as an insecticide per preference, easy to use, equipped with a temporary timer for determining the duration of the operation, wherein: the first part comprises a suitably sized air pump, and the air pump comprises a cylinder-b, there are small vents with a diameter of two millimetres to prevent air from entering and the large objects from entering the air pump, the fans pump the air into the tube port and then to the bottom, the fans are connected to the centre of rotation of the motor, the motor is attached to the cylinder-c with the cylinder-f through the wings, the cylinder-c is located within cylinder-b, the battery is closed with the cover-b and there is a port and a funnel-c and one or two battery packs are found within, besides a special signal to turn the system on and off and a timer, an electronic system is used from a signal receiver (Ariel) that receives a long signal to continue the work, there is a timer that limits the operation time in the form of three seconds, five seconds and ten seconds, in the event a signal is received for more than one second, a pneumatic pump continues to operate without interruption until the receipt of another long signal and this function is activated during the application of insecticide by the system to the trees, the electric current comes from batteries to a groove-e, the cylinder-e is connected to the funnel-d, and thus, the device is prevented from getting stuck between the branches of the tree, so the cylinder-d located on the cylinder-b within the cylinder-d gains stabilization.

5. The device providing pollination in high trees according to claim 4, wherein the air pump is connected to a pollen tank that is made of transparent plastic in order to see the level of pollen powders and insecticides, and the pollen tank is made of cheap materials due to single use, to connect the pollen tank to cylinder-a and air pump, there is a rubber ring-b that is inserted between to prevent air leakage with the groove-c, there is a funnel-c located under the cylinder a and the inner side of the funnel-c is empty and the tip is sharpened from the top, and the bottom of this funnel-c is attached to the groove-c from the bottom, the thickness of the funnel-c is three millimetres, and there is tube-c parallel to the base of funnel-c and has a diameter of one millimetre, the length of tube-c is four millimetres and tube-c is located fifteen millimetres away from funnel-c, the cylinder-b is attached to the top cover of the tank by means of groove-b, and wherein a rubber ring-a inside the groove-a to prevent air leakage.

6. The device providing pollination in high trees according to claim 4, wherein the pollinator cover comprises a cylinder threaded inside to be attached to the tank, and it is attached to the cone in which a rubber piece is attached in the frustum and the tube enters into the rubber piece up to five centimetres, the cover comprises a part including one piece that cannot be disassembled and cannot be attached to each other, is manufactured from cheap material and used as disposable.

7. The device providing pollination in high trees according to claim 4, further includes a pollen separator system, and; the conveyor tube comprises two parts, the first part is an aluminium conveyor tube with a thickness of one millimetre and there are five to seven sections with a telescopic lap within 20 to 50 millimetre diameter range and the length of each section is 120 centimetres, from the top and end of the 20 millimetre section, first the cylinder-g, where the fan is fixed, and then the pollinator are attached, and the second part of the conveyor tube comprises a single-piece hardened tube-b, there is a power switch, time control system and speed control system in this tube that is kept separate when not in use, and within the tube-b, there is also a remote control electronic circuit, a battery pack and a charging slot, wherein the motor speed can be controlled from below within the internal electronics group, and at the same time, the operation time of the motor can be controlled too, and the tube with a length of 125 centimetres comprises parts connected to the conveyor pipe made of aluminium with electric insulation to protect the workers.

8. The device providing pollination in high trees according to claim 4, wherein the electronic control group comprises two parts, the first part is on the air pump and it comprises an electronic circuit that controls the operation time by means of motor speed and a timer mechanism by changing the voltages, wherein there are two ways to control the speed and time, in first one of this, the signals are received from the second circuit through the base and in the second, it is directly defined with the upper electronic circuit, the electronic circuit receives its power from the motor battery and the second part of the electronic system is located within the tube-b and comprises a timer and an electronic circuit where there is a speed limiter running by means of changing the voltages, it has its own battery and these two groups automatically operate when the power switch is pressed and gives signal that exceeds the upper electronic circuit, there is a manual locking mechanism for the purpose of disabling the battery completely, wherein such two groups share the same frequency, and wherein each group has a different frequency.

9. The device providing pollination in high trees according to claim 4, further comprising plural pollen tanks including two buttons on both ends of the cylinder and placed into a bag together with the device after being filled with mixed pollen or an insecticide of use for the purpose of treating the trees infected with insects and diseases, wherein this pollen tank is sold as ready and filled with the material necessary for single-use and therefore, there is no need for a pack for the pollen or pesticides, and wherein the usage in accordance with the expiry date, measures to be taken, operation details, term, quantity, etc. information, particularly the instructions by stating the method of use by basing on the information provided on the pollen tank that is used for the pesticides in particular.

10. The device providing pollination in high trees according to claim 4, wherein for the purpose of separating the pollen from the male pellet, the system comprises a conical sieve fabric bag with a length of 60 to 70 centimetres, a conical base with a length of 30 to 35 centimetres and another fabric bag that has the same dimension with the base of the first and a length that is 15 centimetres more, wherein there is a threaded tube equipped with cover-b for closing from the bottom with a transparent plastic tube located on the end of the fabric bag and has a width of 8 centimetres and a length of 10 centimetres, and there is a flexible cable running throughout the plastic pipe of 15 centimetres under the sieve fabric bag, as well a metal ball of 3.5 centimetres diameter attached on the cone, and this plastic pipe is fixed on the edge of the fabric bag, wherein it is located 5 centimetres apart from the top of the fabric bag, the wire continues for 10 centimetres from the end of the tube and is terminated with a handle, and wherein a thread that holds the bag housing at a distance of 2 cm from the tip.

11. The device providing pollination in high trees according to claim 4, further comprising a device for breaking and grinding the reservoir to remove all valuable pollens remaining in the flowers, wherein the device is operates with dry batteries or normal household electricity, and wherein after the fabric bag is filled with male flowers to ensure flat grinding, the fabric bag is placed in the nozzle.

12. The device providing pollination in high trees according to claim 4, wherein the device is closed with a zipper along the length of the lathe of having a length of 9-130 centimetres, wherein there is a separate place for holding the conveyor pipe and a separate place for the other parts, and for the pollen boxes, a tube and rubber seal, as well two pollen boxes, battery charger, charging cables, pollen separation system, 5 pollen tanks, brush and parts' installation and operating mode are available, and wherein two handles for easy carriage of the bag of the device.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0026] Prior and preferred embodiment of date palm pollinators which illustrate, but do not limit the invention are shown in the drawings, wherein;

[0027] FIG. 1: Front view of the upper part of the device for pollination.

[0028] FIG. 2: Front view of the currying pipe.

[0029] FIG. 3a: Front view of the lower section of the currying pipe and remote control system.

[0030] FIG. 3b: Side view of the lower section of the currying pipe and remote control system of the pollinating device.

[0031] FIG. 4: Top view of the upper part of the device which provides pollination.

[0032] FIG. 5: Side view of the upper part of the pollinator.

[0033] FIG. 6: Front perspective view of the motor and battery container of the pollinator.

[0034] FIG. 7: Side view of the motor and battery container of the pollinator.

[0035] FIG. 8: Front perspective view of the pollen tank of the device.

[0036] FIG. 9: Front perspective view of the pollen separator.

[0037] FIG. 10: Front perspective view of the pollen separator on the male cluster.

[0038] FIG. 11: Front view of the grinder of the male pollen cluster of the device.

[0039] FIG. 12: Front view of the mill grinder of male flowers.

[0040] FIG. 13: Front view of the pollen separator.

[0041] FIG. 14: Top perspective view of the bag and accessories of all the devices.

REFERENCE NUMBERS TO HELP DESCRIBE THE INVENTION

[0042] 1 Tube

[0043] 2 Truncated hollow cone.

[0044] 3 Rubber stopper.

[0045] 4 Truncated hollow cone.

[0046] 5 Groove.

[0047] 6 Rubber ring.

[0048] 7 Pollen tank.

[0049] 8 Cylinder.

[0050] 9 Threaded screw.

[0051] 10 Hollo cone.

[0052] 11 Threaded screw.

[0053] 12 Rubber ring.

[0054] 13-Threaded screw.

[0055] 14 Cylinder.

[0056] 15 Air pump.

[0057] 16 Pores.

[0058] 17 Speed control switch.

[0059] 18 Threaded screw.

[0060] 19 Air pump fan.

[0061] 20 Compact cylinder.

[0062] 21 Motor.

[0063] 22 Cable.

[0064] 23 Cylinder.

[0065] 24 Truncated hollow cone.

[0066] 25 Hollow cylinder.

[0067] 26 Carrying telescopic pipe.

[0068] 27 Power switch.

[0069] 28 Battery pack.

[0070] 29 Chargeable batteries.

[0071] 30 Supporting wings.

[0072] 31 Cylinder house for motor.

[0073] 32 Groove for rubber ring.

[0074] 33 End tube from motor.

[0075] 34 Timer.

[0076] 35 Hard plastic tube.

[0077] 36 Charging slot.

[0078] 37 Cloth bag.

[0079] 38 Closed space.

[0080] 39 Plastic pipe.

[0081] 40 Cable.

[0082] 41 Handle.

[0083] 42-Hands.

[0084] 43 Cover.

[0085] 44 Yarn.

[0086] 45 Male flower cluster.

[0087] 46 Grinding mill.

[0088] 47 Bag's zipper.

[0089] 48 Holder.

[0090] 49 Pollen collecting bag.

[0091] 50 Pollen tank cover.

[0092] 51 Pores.

[0093] 52 Plastic end piece of the carrying pipes.

[0094] 53 Cylinder containing batters and electronics.

[0095] 54 Charging port.

[0096] 55 Power switch.

[0097] 56 Truncated hollow cone.

[0098] 57 The bag.

[0099] 58 Transparent plastic tub.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION

[0100] The new date palm pollination device consists of a tube (1) of good plastic with an internal diameter of 7 mm and a length of 90 to 100 cm with little curved in the last 10 cm to pass the mixture of flour and pollen to the palm.

[0101] At one end and before 4 cm from the end there is a 2.5 cm rubber stopper (3) helps the tube (1) to flexibly fix on a truncated hollow cone (2) which is connected to the top of the cover of the pollen mixture tank (7).

[0102] The pollen tank consists of a cylinder (7) with a diameter 6-8 cm. and 16 cm long and open from the top (8) it is connected to the top of the cylinder (7) by a screw (9). The cylinder (8) shall be connected to a truncated, hollow cone (4) connected by the tube (2) into which the rubber piece (3) is inserted.

[0103] There is a rubber ring (6) placed at point (32), and when the threaded is connected (8) to the threaded (9) the rubber ring will prevent air leakage from the tank.

[0104] Tank (7) is closed from the bottom with a cone (10). Its top head directed upward and its base is joined by a cylinder (7), the thickness of this cone is 2 mm. 5 mm from its point of contact with the cylinder (7), a 40 holes (pores) (51) of 1.5 mm diameter in a mean horizontal for the cone base (10) and the length of the hole is more than 2 mm and this trend prevents the mixture powder from leaking from the reservoir tank to the cavity below.

[0105] The tank has from its lower end threaded (11) connected to the cylinder (14) and a rubber ring (12) at point (32) to prevent leakage of air. The cylinder (14) is enclosed by a barrier and has a tubing hole (33) that conveys air from the air pump (15) of zone (38) and this pump enters the air from the holes (16) and the fan (19) installed on the motor (21) The motor is installed in the cylinder (20) whose diameter from the outside is perfectly suitable for the cylinder (14) from inside. There are plates connecting the cylinder (31) with the cylinder (20). The cylinder (23), which is 2 cm in length, is connected to a truncated, hollow cone (24), which in turn is connected to a tube (52).

[0106] This tub 4-6 cm diameter and 8 cm long, this contain 1-2 batteries (29) with special electronic system, it receive signal from the system in the tub (35) to give special speed and time work. On the tub (53) the caver and USB churching opining. The tub (52) connected to a truncated, hollow cone (56) which is connected to the threaded cylinder(25) which connects the cylinder (52) installed in the bearing tube. The cylinder (23) is connected to the cylinder (53) to be part of the bottom of the pollinator machine.

[0107] The bearing pipe (26) consists of four or five stages as needed, it's from the aluminum, and the length of the piece is 120 cm. The joints are no different from the prevailing in the brush holder.

[0108] We need the thickness of the pipe less than the user for the brush, because there is no great pressure during use,. The final piece of the bottom is connected to a hard plastic tube (35) containing a rechargeable battery packs that is sufficient to operate of the remote control system for a whole day before being recharged. Near the end of which is connected to the carrying tube (26) the power switch (27) there is timer (34) at several degrees, and voltage regulator (17), at the bottom there is a charge slot (36) connected to the battery pack (28). This last piece (35) is connected to the bottom of the carrier tube.

[0109] In all the previous pollinators we used a mixture of 20% pollen with a fine flour of 80% mixed well.

[0110] The pollen isolation device is composed of a bag made of sieve cloth measuring (3000 opining in the square inch) and a cone length 70 cm and the base width of the top 30 cm, tied with a cloth bag (37) in the base and length of 85 cm. A plastic pipe (39) length of 15 cm and a diameter of 0.4 cm shall be affixed to the slot of the bag. It shall be 5 cm extended from the top, through which a 0.15 cm diameter wire (40) and a length of 80 cm shall be connected to the top with a plastic grip, (41) from the bottom is a coated metal ball of iron with a diameter of 3.5 cm. From the bottom of the cloth bag (37) connected in the lowest point with a clear plastic truncated con diameter of 8 cm (58) closed from bellow by a screwed cover (43). At the top of the bag at the end there is a thread (44) that tightens the slot of the bag.

[0111] To collect the pollen, we enter the entire male flowers cluster of the male tree (45) in the bag and then rub it until the flowers fall out of the branch. The metal ball drops free to shake the internal sieve bag for many times. After the completion of the process of sieving, the semi-empty flowers come out and put them in a small mill similar to the black pepper mill with three differences. The first is that the grinding speed is much greater because there is no need for great pressure to crush the fragile male flowers. The button is not my time but when pressed it opens continuously. After the grinding, we sieve it as good as we did before until the last grain of pollen is rescued.

[0112] The bag 57 is 130 cm long and this length makes it easily carry in the box of the car or by hand. The tube (26) can be placed inside it, with the sieve machine, the lower plastic control tub (35) and five pieces of tank (7) which may be filled with insectisized material or pollen and sealed with a special cover (50) designed for that from top and bottom.

[0113] And two sets of the final part of the top, which is the cover (5) and the rubber plug (3) and passes through the tube (1) these groups one indicated by red for insectisized and the other green for pollination. A number of tube (1) added as spare part. The bag is closed by a zipper (57) and two cloth handles (48) for easy carrying. The complete bag weighs approximately two kilo if the pollen tanks are empty.

[0114] We may add to this bag a small brush to clean the tank after use.

[0115] The Comparison with previous art

[0116] As stated in the U.S. Pat. No. (U.S. 4,751,791 A), all the pollinators that we invented and tested, which are Musab, Mahmoud and Osama, showed problems in the application and we improved them to reach the previous US Patent. But after a long time of application we received the observations, and studied carefully, we take account scientific changes and scientific development, we developed our invention, which is not only the development of the patent in the US, but we have added some important accessories that we see necessary to make the pollinator more applicable and useful and we will clarify this as follows.

[0117] We change the aluminum tube (1) into a lightweight plastic tube that was strong enough and cheap, so it could be used once or twice because the fine tube was very difficult to clean. We made the tube (1) enter 4 cm into the tank to prevent the exit of blocks of material where the direction of the air will be reflected before entering the tube.

[0118] We also changed the shape of tank (7) which was closed and made it open for easier filling and cleaning or throwing after use (disposable) in the case we use of toxic insectisized substances or give bad smells. We made it easy to manufacture from, lightweight and transparent plastic and cheap price so that the farmer can dispense it easily. We made caver (50) from top and bottom so that the material could be kept in it before reaching the field at the right place for preparation. These tanks (7) can be sold full of insectisized or ready-mixed pollen.

[0119] We put pump (15) under the tank (7) directly. so the exit of the pollen stops from the tube (1) when the pump stops directly, there is no place where the air is compressed and collected as in the previous pollinator, as the size of the caring tube is 7 liters and when the air under pressure, it will contain twice that amount, leading to the continuity of the exit and loss of pollen or insectisized materials.

[0120] The pump is very light and has little effect on the weight gain. We controlled the air with two rubber rings while in the previous pollinator there was a lot of air loss in the joints of the carrier tube (26) and in the connection areas of the tank with the carrier tube. We controlled the pump with two systems, the first we can increase its speed by increasing voltages to be suitable for some relatively dense insectisized materials. We put a temporary timer to determine the operating time in seconds sufficient for each palm to prevent the loss of any amount of precious pollen.

[0121] The batteries and the control system at the bottom and at the top can be easily separated and taken for recharging as one piece, it has a charger socket for charging at night and the charger is enough to operate for a full working day. The graduated currying tube can be aluminum or plastic and the fittings are fixable at any length we need.

[0122] The pollen separator device is very simple, consisting of a sieve bag which is placed inside it the male date palm cluster, and tight the thread (44) and then rubbed by the hands for male flowers and pollen falling off.

[0123] As a ball move by withdrawing the metal wire (40) connected to the catcher (41). The pollen is then taken into the bag and collected in the transparent tub (58). The empty male flowers, which have a significant amount of pollen, are then collected into the modified black pepper mill and placed in its reservoir tank pressing the push button. It works continuously until it presses again, to grind the male flowers, which pass directly to the pollen separator and crushed well. After removing the bran from the inner bag by withdrawing the weight connected to the wire (40) to the maximum extent that possible. The reluctance of the farmer to use the pollinator is due to the lack of access to pollen easily, the machine that used routinely is very large and not for individual use and cost tens of thousands of dollars, which is produced on a large scale for marketing, and the pollen existed is very expensive and not guaranteed so the presence of a device to isolate pollen became With the same necessity of pollinator, we considered it part of the invention.

[0124] It is possible to place flour directly in the same way or prepare it alone, mix well all 4 flour weights to the weight of pollen, open the lid (43) and free the result of grinding and mixing. It can be stored in a cool place after placing in reservoirs or spare reserve in the bottle of empty drinking water or a special box prepared for that.

[0125] The reservoir tank (7) is filled with only to the half from the mixture, the tank is transparent and the material level can be defined. The quantity is sufficient for ten palms. Each palm has three puffs of different directions to neutralize the impact of the wind. However, it is preferred to examine the presence of pollen for every 5 palms and trying to fill it to the half.

[0126] The parts of pollinator are connected by connecting the pump to the bottom base in the area (18) and then connected to the tube (26). Install the lid (50) on the reservoir (7) and then fix the tube (1) in place, then attach the tank to the pump (15). From the bottom, connect the power set that has been charged before, and after the socket is connected to the socket in the group. The pollinator is ready to work. After the length of the longitudinal tube is extended, the speed of the motor is determined by the button and the required time is determined with the timer.

[0127] Raise the pollinator to be 30 cm from the center of the palm and a slightly higher level than the female expeditions of the Palm. we do one push the pollen reach the target, pull it out of the palm and then turn a third of the cycle around the Palme and we do another bloom, as the first time and after third of a cycle, the third blow. The Palm pollination has been done. This work is repeated weekly. Four or five weeks from the first flower you see it opened. Some species need as many as ten times.

[0128] In the case of insectisized use, the tank must be filled only half as in the pollination. It is necessary to make sure that the tank is used for the insectisized. The insectisized materials may be pre-filled in the same tank. We only have to lift the two cover (50) and its control group. Adjust the speed of the motor and adjust the timer on the open time, which is working as long as there is a button press, and we distribute on demand and product instructions for the material, take all the precautions for the toxic material such as special clothes and masks.

[0129] In all cases, direct observation of pollen and other materials by eye remains a good criterion for the device being worked perfectly.

[0130] The results of the application showed that one worker can easily pollinate 500 palms per season. The presence of precise standards makes the dose of pollen very ideal and consistent. The waste has disappeared to the extent that the rate of exchange of pollen declined from our previous invention mentioned 40%. The result in comparison with other pollinators is up to one to ten in the amount of pollen consumed.

[0131] In small orchards and gardens our invention is the best solution because having an expert to climb to the Palm is very difficult. As well as the control of plant disease by fogging is very difficult and need to call control teams with high cost for a few trees, buy this device by little money, filling large sums of money.