Fruit tree screen
Provided is a fruit tree screen having a structure preventing damage to protective sheets without using eyelets to connect the protective sheets to each other. When protective sheets ( 20 ) are connected to each other using a connecting member ( 40 ), since the protective sheets ( 20 ) are connected to each other by an elastic ring body ( 41 ), when the protective sheets ( 20 ) move due to wind or the like, the elastic ring body ( 41 ) absorbs impact while being elastically expanded and contracted, and thus damage to the protective sheets ( 20 ) can be effectively prevented without coupling other members, such as eyelets, to through-holes ( 22 ). Since eyelets and the like are not coupled to the protective sheets ( 20 ), manufacturing costs can be lowered, the volume of packages can be reduced, and it is possible to promptly respond to a client demand due to simplification of the manufacturing process.
1 . A fruit tree screen comprising:
supports ( 10 ) provided at a front and a rear of a fruit tree; and
protective sheets ( 20 ) that are provided to extend in a front-rear direction above the fruit tree, are disposed to be spaced apart from each other in the front-rear direction, are connected to each other in the front-rear direction, and a front end of one of the protective sheets ( 20 ) is fixed to two of the supports ( 10 ) at the front of the fruit tree and a rear end of another of the protective sheets ( 20 ) is fixed to two other of the supports ( 10 ) at the rear of the fruit tree,
wherein the supports ( 10 ) include vertical bars ( 11 ) extending in an up-down direction and having a lower end fixed to a bottom surface to be spaced apart from each other in a lateral direction and horizontal members ( 12 ) extending in the lateral direction and having both ends fixed to the vertical bars ( 11 ),
wherein through-holes ( 22 ) configured to pass through upper and lower surfaces of the protective sheets ( 20 ) are formed in peripheral portions of the protective sheets ( 20 ),
wherein the fruit tree screen further comprises fixing members ( 30 ) provided at the peripheral portions of the protective sheets ( 20 ) and coupled to the horizontal members ( 12 ), and a connecting member ( 40 ) configured to pass through the through-holes ( 22 ) and connect the protective sheets ( 20 ), which are placed in the front-rear direction, to each other,
wherein the connecting member ( 40 ) includes an elastic ring body ( 41 ) that is made of an elastic synthetic resin material and has both ends coupled to pass through the through-holes ( 22 ) and a clip ( 42 ) coupled to the both ends of the elastic ring body ( 41 ) to fix the both ends of the elastic ring body ( 41 ),
wherein the fixing members ( 30 ) each include a fixing clip ( 31 ) coupled to the horizontal member ( 12 ), a connecting rope ( 32 ) having one end fixed to the protective sheet ( 20 ), and a hanging hook ( 33 ) provided at the other end of the connecting rope ( 32 ) and coupled to the fixing clip ( 31 ),
wherein the hanging hook ( 33 ) is configured by bending a metal wire and has a coupling portion ( 33 a ), which is coupled to the connecting rope ( 32 ), formed at a rear end, a hook portion ( 33 b ), which is coupled to the fixing clip ( 31 ), formed at a front end, and an impact mitigating portion ( 33 c ), which is configured by being rolled to have a center line intersecting a direction in which the hanging hook ( 33 ) extends, formed at middle,
wherein the coupling portion comprises a series of coils in the metal wire and a first centerline that extends through the center of each coil in the series of coils, wherein the impact mitigating portion ( 33 c ) comprises an impact mitigating coil separate from the coupling portion and a second centerline that extends through the center of the impact mitigating coil, wherein the hanging hook ( 33 ) comprises a plane that bisects the metal wire in the hook portion ( 33 b ), wherein the first centerline is parallel to the plane and the second centerline is perpendicular to the plane,
wherein a protective tubular body ( 43 ) formed in a U-shape and having a bent portion ( 43 a ) formed at center is coupled to both ends of the elastic ring body ( 41 ),
wherein a cut portion ( 43 b ) extending in a longitudinal direction is formed at an outer circumferential portion of the protective tubular body ( 43 ),
wherein the clip ( 42 ) is coupled to the bent portion ( 43 a ) of the protective tubular body 43 ,
wherein the elastic ring body ( 41 ) is configured in the shape of a slot extending in the lateral direction, and both ends of the elastic ring body ( 41 ) are disposed to pass through the through-holes ( 22 ) from a lower side to an upper side thereof,
wherein both ends of the elastic ring body ( 41 ) is hung on by both ends of the clip ( 42 ), the protective sheets ( 20 ) are connected to each other by the elastic ring body ( 41 ),
wherein the elastic ring body ( 41 ) is inserted into the protective tubular body ( 43 ) in a state in which the outer circumferential portion of the protective tubular body ( 43 ) is spread toward upper and lower sides with respect to the cut portion ( 43 b ), thereby the protective tubular body ( 43 ) being coupled to an outer portion of the elastic ring body ( 41 ), and
wherein the clip ( 42 ) is coupled to the bent portion ( 43 a ) of the protective tubular body ( 43 ), thereby preventing the elastic ring body ( 41 ) from being broken due to rubbing against the clip ( 42 ).