Claude Edward Brown,Darrell Mintz,Glenn Sakuma,Bob Tipton,Tom Loftus,Joseph Oran Shannon
申请号：
US14465096
公开号：
US09358586B2
申请日:
2014.08.21
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要：
An apparatus and method is presented for separating healthy plants from agricultural material, such as harvested plants. The apparatus includes a conveyor to present the agricultural material to a mesh, which may be, for example bristles. A rotating drum with a plurality of protruding tines moves through the mesh and pulls individual plants from the agricultural material. A machine vision system may then sort the healthy, individual plants. The method includes presenting the agricultural material to the mesh, and then pulling individual plants through the mesh.
