George Stephen de Lorimier,Peter F. de Groot,Ronald A. Bunch,Javier Rodriguez
申请号:
US15043173
公开号:
US20160235005A1
申请日:
2016.02.12
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要:
A harvesting system for harvesting stemmed plants having elongated stems and including bulbous growth disposed at the top of the sterns. 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.