Track harvester and method
OwnerKerry T. Desmarais, Thomas Carpenter, Jr. +1inventors
InventorsKerry T. Desmarais, Thomas Carpenter, Jr., Craig A. Carpenter
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Abstract
An apparatus for removing plant material from a plant body generally comprising a conveyor-stripper assembly having a pair of parallel driven endless belts, with a gap between the belts sized to allow the passage of the plant body but not the plant material growing thereon. A method for harvesting plant material from a plant body comprising pulling the plant body through a gap between two moving endless belts to strip the plant material from the plant body and convey the plant material to a collection point.
Claims15
An apparatus for removing plant material from a hop bine, comprising:
- a conveyor-stripper assembly comprising a pair of adjacent endless belts, each belt having an inside edge, with a gap between the inside edges sized to allow the passage of the hop bine but not the plant material;
- and,
- means positioned below the belts for grasping and continuously pulling the hop bine downwardly through the gap, wherein the grasping and pulling means is a pair of counter-rotating tires.
An apparatus for removing plant material from a plant body, comprising:
- an inclined conveyor-stripper assembly comprising a pair of moving adjacent endless belts adapted to carry removed plant material to a collection point, each belt having an inside edge, the inside edges defining a gap between the belts sized to allow the passage of the plant body but not the plant material;
- a pair of counter-rotating tires positioned below the belts for grasping and continuously pulling the plant body downwardly through the gap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.