Seed potato cutting system with potato positioning mechanism

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10377054
APP PUB NO 20180200907A1
SERIAL NO

15407190

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A seed potato cutting system includes a cutting roller unit, including an endless roller chain, having a plurality of parallel roller sets with longitudinal gaps therebetween, configured to convey seed potatoes resting in the gaps in a longitudinal direction through a plurality of pairs of upright cutting blades, a laterally-slidable thumb rake, disposed in each longitudinal gap parallel to the roller sets, having a plurality of upwardly extending thumbs, and a thumb rake alignment device, configured to sequentially laterally slide all thumb rakes in first and second directions, respectively, to contact and laterally align each seed potato with a corresponding pair of cutting blades as the roller chain conveys the seed potatoes theretoward.

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  • SPUDNIK EQUIPMENT COMPANY LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Borgmann, Rainer Idaho Falls, US 11 21
Steel, Evan Shelley, US 7 5

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