Use of a cutting cylinder unit, cutting device with cutting cylinder unit for shaping a plant, vehicle provided with a cutting device of this type and use of a cutting device of this type

Abstract

The invention relates to the use of a cutting cylinder unit and to a cutting device for shaping a plant, such as a boxwood bush. The cutting device comprises at least one cutting cylinder unit. The cutting cylinder unit comprises a cutting cylinder with a surface of revolution which is rotationally symmetrical with respect to a cylinder centre axis and with cutting members provided along the said surface of revolution; a cylinder drive for driving the cutting cylinder in rotation about the cylinder centre axis; and a cutting edge which is provided along the outside of the surface of revolution for interacting in a cutting manner with the cutting members. The surface of revolution and the cutting edge, as seen in the direction of the cylinder centre axis, have corresponding curvatures. This curvature is substantially matched to a predetermined desired shape of the plant. The curvature of the surface of revolution is in particular concave with respect to the cylinder centre axis, and the curvature of the cutting edges in particular correspondingly convex with respect to the cylinder centre axis. The invention also relates to a vehicle provided with a cutting device according to the invention and to the use of a cutting device according to the invention for shaping a plant, in particular a boxwood plant.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.