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US 10,238,031 B2Granted
Harvester for leafy plants
AssigneeD'Arrigo Bros. Co., of California
InventorsMichael Anthony D'Arrigo, Anthony Dejesus Sandoval, Hector Amando Camacho Garcia, Peter Frits de Groot
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Abstract
A support frame; a cut and lift mechanism coupled to the support frame; a tool carrying platform coupled to the cut and lift mechanism; an outer leaf removal device coupled to the tool carrying platform; a cutting tool coupled to the tool carrying platform; a controller in data communication with the cut and lift robot; and a plant center locator in data communication with the controller.
Claims18
An apparatus, comprising:
- a support frame;
- a cut and lift robot coupled to said support frame;
- a tool carrying platform coupled to said cut and lift robot;
- an outer leaf removal device coupled to said tool carrying platform;
- a cutting tool attached to a cutting tool shaft, said cutting tool shaft coupled to said tool carrying platform;
- a controller in data communication with said cut and lift robot;
- a plant center locator in data communication with said controller;
- a top plate attached to said support frame and to said cut and lift robot;
- a cutting tool actuator attached to said top plate, said cutting tool actuator in data communication with said controller;
- a core stabilizer vertical position actuator attached to said top plate, said core stabilizer vertical position actuator in data communication with said controller;
- a first cardan shaft connected to said cutting tool actuator and to said cutting tool shaft;
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- a second cardan shaft connected to said core stabilizer vertical position actuator and rotatably coupled to said tool carrying platform.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a support frame;
- a cut and lift robot coupled to said support frame;
- a tool carrying platform coupled to said cut and lift robot;
- an outer leaf removal device coupled to said tool carrying platform;
- a cutting tool attached to a cutting tool shaft, said cutting tool shaft coupled to said tool carrying platform;
- a controller in data communication with said cut and lift robot;
- a plant center locator in data communication with said controller;
- and
- a rotary encoder in data communication with said controller, said rotary encoder having a pulse output signal comprising a fixed number of pulses for a full revolution of a wheel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.