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US 2003/0116225 A1Published application
Grapple harvester
AssigneeOutokummun Metalli Oy
InventorsVeikko Kettunen, Kari Kinnunen, Jussi Makkonen
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Abstract
The subject of the invention is a grapple harvester which is equipped with a felling and cutting device (14), a feeder (12) and delimbing devices (9, 10, 11, 13). The grapple harvester according to the invention is equipped with a bulk handling device (4) which is arranged to grip together several trees, which are usually gathered one by one and, preferably, whilst in the vertical position, for cutting by the grapple harvester
Claims7
A grapple harvester, which is fitted with a bulk handling device, and
- is equipped with a felling and cutting device, a feeder and delimbing devices, the bulk handling device is arranged to grip together several trees, which are usually gathered one by one and, preferably, whilst in the vertical position, for cutting by the grapple harvester,
- the bulk handling device is attached as an extension to tilting arm some distance from the felling and cutting device, and
- the bulk handling device includes one or more gripping devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.