Harvesting system for harvesting stemmed plants having elongated stems and including bulbous growth disposed at the top of the stems

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9913427
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15043173

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A harvesting system for harvesting stemmed plants having elongated stems and including bulbous growth disposed at the top of the stems. The harvesting system includes a harvesting unit having a plurality of gripping elements; a cutter for harvesting the plants; and a divergent zone defined by gripping elements for vertically aligning the harvested plants. The harvesting unit further includes a transfer zone defined by gripping elements having another cutter for cutting the harvested plants to selected size, and includes a rotating brush for removing unwanted foliage from the harvested plants, a pair of belts disposed aft of the transfer zone for receiving selectably sized, harvested plants from the transfer zone and a belt-like table disposed aft of the pair of belts for receiving the selectably sized harvested plants from the pair of belts for packing and shipping the plants from the field.

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  • D'ARRIGO BROS CO. OF CALIFORNIA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bunch, Ronald A Salinas, US 6 17
de, Groot Peter F Carmel, US 3 17
de, Lorimier George Stephen Salinas, US 2 1
Rodriguez, Javier Salinas, US 10 30

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