Rake (tool)
The rake and rake the northern (partly synonymous ) are hand tools with a handle, a cross to the next bar, the " spar " or " computing bar", and several short extensions, the "teeth ". The device is used depending on the design for drawing together of loose material ( leaves, grass clippings or hay), furrows pulling for seed or for the working of the soil ( loosening, cleaning of plant residues and stones, levels and distribution). It is applied in agriculture, horticulture and construction.
Type and stock
The head of the rake is usually made of metal or of wood. Plastic is used less frequently because the dielectric strength for use usually is not enough. Sometimes, however, a careful treatment of the substrate is desired, then the flexible prongs of a plastic version are better suited.
The ordinary form is the hay rake, which was for the hay harvest ( and the later further transport ) already developed in Roman times. This computation corresponds physiologically the fingers spread, he extends their functionality. In the North German parlance, this wooden rake with long handle tends to be about 2 m in the actual computation. There are also hay rake made of light metal.
Heavy computing with Holm and tines made of sturdy steel and comparatively shorter stems are called Erdrechen and serve the leveling ( leveling ) of loose soil, sand, gravel and other soft soils. They are the small version of the harrow. For North German it is the actual rake.
Often mistakenly referred to as a rake spring broom. This also leaf rake, leaf rake, Sweep or rake subjects mentioned embodiment is primarily used for sweeping up of leaves. With its fan-like, usually adjustable in width design in conjunction with the extra-long spring-loaded tines allowing the user to work with relatively little pressure on the ground and flatten hump. The narrow and bent at the end tines seldom remain stuck because they are drawn in a fairly shallow angle across the floor.
Use
- For the processing of manicured lawns engzinkige rake made of metal are more suitable because they can pick up even small components and simultaneously scarify the lawn.
- In dense, matted and overgrown areas weitzinkiger a rake of wood is more suitable because this is not " stuck " so easily. So this rake also has quite still retains its right to exist, even though he is often mistaken for a museum piece.
- A special form was formerly a special rake ears with particularly closely spaced and curved, thin tines. This type of metal is also known as ( metallic ) Hay.
- The rake is the most important tool for creating a Kare -san- sui, a form of Japanese garden.
Linguistic
The dividing line of the synonymous generic names rake and rake runs in the West as in the Benrather line in the east continue running further south, north of Dresden, slightly to the northeast. To the north is locally distinguished semantically between the two terms. Rake is the Erdrechen for smoothing the garden beds and paths, and computing is the Hay Rake for raking leaves and grass. The corresponding verb is raking in the north and rake in the south. Thus, even in those northern Germans, who distinguish between the work equipment, the phrase " rake leaves " not perceived as wrong.
Chance and misunderstood the name is fork is in Northern Germany, also a forked device, which is used, among other tasks similar to the rake. The comb is jokingly referred to as lice or lice rake rake. In southern Germany, the term for a type of hoe rake with quergestelltem sheet is used for tillage.