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US 4,382,332 AGranted
Pruning machine
AssigneeBordier's Nursery California, Inc.
InventorRichard A. Dominge
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Abstract
This trimming apparatus is conveniently mounted on a vehicle. It has a conveyor that includes belts that push the potted plants along a wall so as to rotate the plants while at the same time the plants are passed by the cutters. Thus the entire periphery of the plant is trimmed.
Claims10
In a trimming apparatus,
- a cutting device mounted adjacent a path for moving items to be trimmed, and
- moving mechanism for moving said items along said path in a linear direction while concurrently rotating said items relative to said cutting device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.