Method and apparatus for the disinfection of soil
First Claim
1. Method for the disinfection of soil, comprising generating flames into the soil, at a desired depth and at predetermined distances between said flames so as to provide a relatively uniform heating of the soil, creating narrow trenches in the soil, and displacing said flames within the soil along desired trajectories and along said trenches concurrently with creating said trenches.
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for the disinfection of soil. Flames are generated into the soil, at the desired depth and at predetermined distances between them, so as to produce a relatively uniform heating of the soil. The flames are displaced within the soil along desired trajectories to cover any desired agricultural area. Narrow trenches, such as narrow clefts created in already plowed soil, are created in the soil and the flames are advanced along the trenches concurrently with them. The flames may be produced by igniting streams of liquid or gaseous fuel that are continuously fed to the desired depth in the soil.
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- 1. Method for the disinfection of soil, comprising generating flames into the soil, at a desired depth and at predetermined distances between said flames so as to provide a relatively uniform heating of the soil, creating narrow trenches in the soil, and displacing said flames within the soil along desired trajectories and along said trenches concurrently with creating said trenches.
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6. Method for the disinfection of soil, comprising:
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generating flames into the soil, and;
creating narrow trenches in the soil wherein the trenches along which the flames are advanced are sufficiently close so that the minimum temperature of the soil at intermediate points between said trenches is at least 120°
C.- View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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- 9. Apparatus for the disinfection of the soil, which comprises a frame supported by wheels, which supports a number of plows and a corresponding number of means for projecting a flame onto the soil, which means are situated immediately behind the plows, said apparatus further comprising means for attaching the apparatus to a tractor.
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