Magdalena Smith Villaruz is a Filipino inventor and entrepreneur who was originally a rice farmer. She has patented many agricultural inventions including a rice thresher, leveling device, diaphragm pump, and power cultivator. In 1988, she spoke at a symposium on creativity and invention in Beijing. In 1986 and 1995, she received WIPO Gold Medals for being the most outstanding inventor and woman inventor in the Philippines. Her most famous invention is the "turtle power tiller", a hand tractor that can plow rice fields much faster than traditional methods. It has an operator handle supported by a pipe structure.
Magdalena Smith Villaruz is a Filipino inventor and entrepreneur who was originally a rice farmer. She has patented many agricultural inventions including a rice thresher, leveling device, diaphragm pump, and power cultivator. In 1988, she spoke at a symposium on creativity and invention in Beijing. In 1986 and 1995, she received WIPO Gold Medals for being the most outstanding inventor and woman inventor in the Philippines. Her most famous invention is the "turtle power tiller", a hand tractor that can plow rice fields much faster than traditional methods. It has an operator handle supported by a pipe structure.
Magdalena Smith Villaruz is a Filipino inventor and entrepreneur who was originally a rice farmer. She has patented many agricultural inventions including a rice thresher, leveling device, diaphragm pump, and power cultivator. In 1988, she spoke at a symposium on creativity and invention in Beijing. In 1986 and 1995, she received WIPO Gold Medals for being the most outstanding inventor and woman inventor in the Philippines. Her most famous invention is the "turtle power tiller", a hand tractor that can plow rice fields much faster than traditional methods. It has an operator handle supported by a pipe structure.
Magdalena Smith Villaruz substanding pipes and reinforced by a
U-shaped G.I. pipe at the V-shaped end.
• Inventor and entrepreneur Patented Inventions (aside from turtle power • born 1934 tiller • Originally a rice farmer • Rice thresher • President, Women Inventors • Leveling device Association of the Philippines • Diaphragm pump • President, SV Agro-Industries Enterprises, Inc. • Dual diaphragm pump
• in 1988 she was a keynote speaker in • (Improved) power cultivator
the Symposium On Creativity And Promotion Of Inventive Activities in • Household rice huller Beijing jointly organized by World • (Improved) corn sheller Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the International Federation • (Simplified) hand tractor of Inventors' Associations (IFIA) • Combination harrow-leveler • In February 1986, Villaruz was awarded • Floating operator's seat the WIPO Gold Medal in Metro Manila as the Most Outstanding Inventor of the • Adjustable engine mount Philippines • Three-wheeled vehicle with passenger • July 1995, she was awarded another seats WIPO Gold Medal in Cebu, Philippines in recognition of being the Most • (Improved) power cultivator assembly Outstanding Woman Inventor in the • Blower for thresher discharge ejector Philippines. • Two-speed transmission assembly for • Millions of farmers in South-east Asia power and other parts of the world know from experience that the preparation of their • Improved windmill muddy watersoaked ricefields is a hard job. Not only for the farmers themselves, but also for their waterbufallos and, when mechanization is applied, for the power tillers.
Turtle power tiller
• Commonly known to Ilonggo farmers as
"ba-o ba-o".
• A utility model for a hand tractor or
power tiller
• It can plow 1.3 hectares of rice fields
submerged in water in 6-8 hours, which normally takes a carabao three days.
• The operator handles the hand tractor
through a handle which is inclined upwardly and supported by a pair of