Automatic hedge-trimming system
OwnerAndre Colensinventor
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Abstract
The invention concerns a device for the upkeep of a hedge (10) comprising an element adapted to move in reciprocating motion parallel above and/or beside the hedge (10). The displacement is performed repeatedly and automatically so as to prevent the hedge from growing beyond a predetermined limit by the trajectory of the mobile element. The mobile element is shaped like a gantry and moves along one or several aerial or ground rails (4). The ridges of the gantry are fitted with a cutting edge or with an abrasive element (6). The mobile element is driven by a roller (3) and is mounted on an electric gear motor (1).
Claims16
Device for the upkeep of a hedge containing a mobile part that can move in a parallel reciprocating motion above and/or alongside a hedge, this motion being made repetitively and automatically so that the growth of the hedge beyond a limit determined by the path of the mobile part is prevented.
Process for the upkeep of a plant surface or volume consisting of displacing an element, during the growth season, periodically and continually or essentially continually, above or around that plant surface or volume to prevent the growth of shoots beyond a limit predetermined by the shape of that element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.