Harvesting machine for harvesting elongated plants as well as a method for harvesting elongated plants
AssigneeEngels Familie Holding B.V.
InventorsFranciscus Maria Engels, Marcus Franciscus Engels, Christiaan Michiel Engels
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Abstract
The invention relates to a harvesting machine for harvesting elongated plants, for example such as green asparagus, wherein the harvesting machine, moving in a direction of travel, is provided with at least one in-feed device with which a plant is to be fed into the harvesting machine, at least one gripping device following the in-feed device with which the plant fed in is to be gripped, as well as at least one separating device with which a part of the gripped plant to be harvested is to be separated from another part of the plant.
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A harvesting machine for harvesting elongated plants, including green asparagus, wherein the harvesting machine movable in a direction of travel over a land is provided with at least one in-feed device with which at least one plant is to be fed into the harvesting machine, at least one gripping device following the in-feed device with which the plant fed in is to be gripped, as well as at least one separating device with which a part of the gripped plant to be harvested is to be separated from another part of the plant,
- wherein the separating device is provided with at least one roller and a cutting mechanism, the roller is movable along the gripped plant over a length of the plant between a starting position and an end position in which the part of the gripped plant to be harvested is to be separated by means of the cutting mechanism from an other part of the plant, and
- wherein the separating device is configured to convert the direction of travel extending substantially parallel to the land automatically into a movement of the roller substantially directed towards the land from the starting position to the end position.
A method for harvesting elongated plants, including green asparagus, by a harvesting machine, wherein a plant is fed into the harvesting machine moving in a direction of travel over a land, in the harvesting machine the plant is gripped, and a part of the gripped plant to be harvested is separated from another part of the plant by means of a separating device that is provided with at least one roller and a cutting mechanism, the roller is moved along the gripped plant over a length of the plant between a starting position and an end position in which the part of the gripped plant to be harvested is separated from an other part of the plant by means of the cutting mechanism, and
- wherein the direction of travel extending substantially parallel to the land is converted automatically into a movement of the roller substantially directed towards the land from the starting position to the end position.
A harvesting machine for harvesting elongated plants, including a green asparagus, wherein the harvesting machine movable in a direction of travel over a land is provided with at least one in-feed device with which at least one plant is to be fed into the harvesting machine, at least one gripping device following the in-feed device with which the plant fed in is to be gripped, as well as at least one separating device with which a part of the gripped plant to be harvested is to be separated from another part of the plant,
- wherein the separating device is provided with at least one roller comprising a cutting mechanism, the roller is movable along the gripped plant over a length of the plant between a starting position and an end position in which the part of the gripped plant to be harvested is to be separated by means of the cutting mechanism from an other part of the plant, and
- wherein the roller comprises a roll in a form of a diabolo which is to be positioned against the plant in order to move the roller along the gripped plant between the starting and the end position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.