Device for harvesting asparagus growing from an asparagus field
AssigneeA.I.W.M. Christiaens Holding B.V.
InventorsAngelique Ida Wilma Maria Christiaens, Jozef Petra Maria Christiaens, Martijn Theodorus Marie Smedts, Theodor Lambert Gerardus Aarts
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Abstract
A device for harvesting asparagus growing from a asparagus field that includes a frame displaceable over the asparagus field by a drive means in which frame is at least provided with cutting means for cutting the asparagus to be harvested close to the surface of the field, and stabilizing means for stabilizing the asparagus relative to the cutting means.
Claims14
A device for harvesting asparagus growing from an asparagus field, comprising a frame displaceable over the asparagus field by means of drive means, which frame is at least provided with cutting means for cutting the asparagus to be harvested close to a surface of the field, and a discharge means for discharging the cut asparagus;
- stabilizing means positioned above and in front of the cutting means, the stabilizing means configured to orient and stabilize the asparagus against the cutting means to form a cutting surface, the stabilizing means comprise a rotatable shaft arranged in the frame that is parallel to the asparagus field, a plurality of asparagus-contact elements placed on the shaft, wherein the asparagus-contact elements are made of a flexible material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.