Apparatus for cutting tops from plants
OwnerSteven H. Christenseninventor
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Abstract
Apparatus for removing the tops of plants, such as onions, prior to the harvesting of the plants is disclosed which includes a fixed or main frame secured to a tractor and a floating frame secured to the fixed frame and movable with respect thereto. The floating frame includes rotating fingers for lifting the top and a rotating cutter blade for cutting the tops.
Claims34
Apparatus for cutting tops from onions in an onion bed, comprising, in combination:
- frame means movable over an onion bed;
- rotating lifting means secured to the frame means for lifting onion tops, and including
- rotating lifting fingers for lifting and fluffing the onion tops from the onion beds, and
- rotating positioning fingers for positioning the onion tops for cutting;
- blade means secured to the frame means for cutting the onion tops lifted and positioned by the rotating lifting fingers and rotating positioning fingers of the rotating lifting means;
- and
- cleaning means for cleaning the rotating positioning fingers.
Onion topping apparatus for cutting the tops of onions, comprising, in combination:
- frame means movable over an onion bed;
- rotating finger means secured to the frame means for positioning the onion tops for cutting and for removing the cut onion tops;
- cutter blade means secured to the frame means and movable to cut the onion tops positioned by the finger means;
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- knife means interleaved with and rotatable adjacent the finger means to clean the finger means.
Apparatus for cutting tops from onions in onion beds, comprising, in combination:
- fixed frame means movable over an onion bed;
- a first and a second floating frame disposed within and independently secured to the fixed frame means and independently movable with respect to the fixed frame means and to each other;
- rotating lifting means secured to each floating frame for lifting the onion tops;
- rotating positioning means secured to each floating frame rearwardly of the lifting means for positioning the onion tops for cutting;
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- means for cutting the lifted and positioned onion tops.
Apparatus for cutting onion tops in an onion bed, comprising, in combination:
- frame means movable over an onion bed;
- rotating positioning means secured to the frame means and rotatable to position onion tops for cutting;
- blade means secured to the frame means and disposed adjacent the positioning means for cutting the onion tops;
- rotating cleaning means disposed adjacent the positioning means for cleaning the positioning means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.