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US 10,542,672 B2Granted
Harvester and method for leafy plants
OwnerMichael Anthony D'Arrigo, Anthony Dejesus Sandoval +2inventors
InventorsMichael Anthony D'Arrigo, Anthony Dejesus Sandoval, Hector Amando Camacho Garcia, Peter Frits de Groot
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Abstract
Measuring lateral separation distances and longitudinal separation distances from a center of a plant to be cut to a reference point on a harvester; determining a lateral and longitudinal blade displacement and moving a cutting tool; activating a cut and lift mechanism to cut a plant with the cutting tool; while the cutting tool remains in contact with the plant, removing an outer leaf from the cut plant.
Claims6
A method, comprising:
- measuring a first lateral separation distance and a first longitudinal separation distance from a center of a plant to be cut to a reference point on a harvester;
- measuring a second lateral separation distance and a second longitudinal separation distance from a cutting tool to the reference point;
- determining a lateral blade displacement from the first lateral separation distance and the second lateral separation distance;
- determining a longitudinal blade displacement from the first longitudinal separation distance and the second longitudinal separation distance;
- moving the cutting tool by the lateral blade displacement and the longitudinal blade displacement;
- lowering a core stabilizer onto a crown of a plant to be cut;
- activating the cut and lift mechanism to cut the plant with the cutting tool;
- while the cutting tool and the core stabilizer remain in contact with the cut plant:
- removing an outer leaf from the cut plant to form a plant core;
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- lifting the plant core, the cutting tool, and the core stabilizer together.
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