Title :
Micro-Sheath Heated Secateur (Pruning Shear) for Prevention of Contagious Plant Diseases
Author :
Oouchi, Haruka ; Morita, Takeshi
Author_Institution :
E.G.S. Co. Ltd. haruka-oouchi@ya.sumitomo-chem.co.jp
Abstract :
A world new simple electronically sheath heated self-disinfection secateur, an experimental prototype kit has been designed and made for alternating chemical disinfection of the blades. A battery with capacity of 7.2 V is designed to hung on worker´s waist belt. Hence, the battery enables heating blades at more than 100 °C for about 3 hours in a field operation. This battery operated heating secateur should contribute in economy of harvesting by protecting from contagious disease transmission and in saving farmers from routine time consuming disinfection work by chemicals in every cutting.
Keywords :
contagious plant disease; disinfection; harvesting; pruning; secateur; Batteries; Belts; Blades; Chemicals; Diseases; Heating; Protection; Prototypes; Temperature; Wounds; contagious plant disease; disinfection; harvesting; pruning; secateur;
Conference_Titel :
Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 2005. Eco Design 2005. Fourth International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0081-3
DOI :
10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619329
