Portable operator-engageable native seed harvester
AssigneeGreat Plains Restoration Solutions, Inc.
InventorsSteven Tannas, James Luyendyk
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are handheld seed harvesters comprising: an elongate handle housing a driveshaft; a motor engaged with the elongate handle and the driveshaft; a reel rotatably and demountably engaged with the elongate handle and driveshaft by way of a quick-release system at an end opposite the motor, the reel having a plurality of filaments for removing seeds from plants extending outward therefrom; a hopper partially housing the reel for collecting the seeds; a handle assembly secured to the elongate handle and the hopper; and a shoulder strap securable to the elongate handle for carrying the harvester.
Claims7
A handheld seed harvester comprising:
- an elongate handle housing therein a driveshaft;
- a motor engaged with the elongate handle and the driveshaft at an upper end of the elongate handle;
- a bevel-gear housing and assembly engaged with a lower end of the elongate handle and the driveshaft;
- a reel having a plurality of seed-stripping filaments extending outward therefrom, the reel rotatably and demountably engaged with the bevel-gear housing and assembly by way of a quick-release mechanism, the quick-release mechanism comprising (i) a drive roller configured to demountably engage a first end of the reel, said drive roller engaged with the bevel-gear assembly, and (ii) a spring-loaded idler configured to demountably engage a second end of the reel, said spring-loaded idler engaged with the hopper at an end opposite to the bevel-gear housing and assembly;
- an open-faced hopper partially housing therein the reel;
- a handle assembly secured to the elongate handle and the hopper;
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- a shoulder strap demountably engageable with a device provided therefor on the elongate handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.