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US 2016/0235000 A1Published application
Selective harvester
OwnerSpencer Kim HAWSinventor
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Abstract
The present application relates to selective harvesting of agricultural objects, such as asparagus spears. One described example relates to a harvester that includes at least one set of independently controllable cutter arm assemblies that rotate about a common axis to harvest individual asparagus spears.
Claims6
1-20. (canceled)
A harvester, comprising
- a harvesting apparatus that defines an overall width and that includes a hub-bearing assembly and a set of independently controllable cutter arm assemblies that do not exceed the overall width, wherein each of the independently controllable cutter arm assemblies is configured to harvest across an entirety of the overall width.
A device, comprising
- a cutter arm hub configured to be positioned on a cutter shaft and that includes a vertical mounting flange interposed between a first horizontal portion and a second horizontal portion;
- a set of cutter assembly bearings positioned on an outer surface of the first horizontal portion and an inner shaft bearing on an inner surface of the first horizontal portion;
- and,
- an inner bearing positioned on an inner surface of the second tubular portion and an outer bearing positioned over the inner bearing on an outer surface of the second tubular portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.