Grafting machine
AssigneeVinifera, Inc.
InventorsRandall H. Hagen, Wesley Scott Allen, Richard Randall Johnson, Allen Wayne Fadenrecht, James Philip Hopkins, Patrick Ryan Ebert
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Abstract
A grafting system for cutting the end of a plant material includes a frame for holding the plant material and a blade assembly mounted to the frame. The blade assembly includes a blade that is movable at an angle oblique to the longitudinal axis of the plant material into cutting engagement with the plant material. The system also includes an actuating system for moving the blade into cutting engagement with the plant material.
Claims9
A cutting assembly for cutting a plant material, the plant material having a longitudinal axis, the cutting assembly comprising:
- a frame for holding the plant material;
- a blade assembly mounted to the frame and having at least a first blade, the first blade being movable along an oblique path relative to the longitudinal axis of the plant material into cutting engagement with the plant material;
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- an actuating system for moving the blade into cutting engagement with the plant material;
- the blade assembly including a second blade and first and second blade mounting members, each of the first and second blades being movably mounted to one of the first and second blade mounting members, and wherein the blades are movable along paths that are substantially symmetric to one another about the longitudinal axis of the plant material and which paths end adjacent one another so that the plant material is cut into substantially a "V" shape.
A cutting assembly for cutting a plant material, the plant material having a longitudinal axis, the cutting assembly comprising:
- a frame for holding the plant material;
- a blade assembly mounted to the frame and having at least a first blade, the first blade being movable along an oblique path relative to the longitudinal axis of the plant material into cutting engagement with the plant material;
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- an actuating system for moving the blade into cutting engagement with the plant material;
- the blade assembly including a second blade, wherein the first blade is slidable along a first path and the second blade is slidable along a second path, the first and second paths substantially forming a "V" shape.
A cutting assembly for cutting a plant material, the plant material having a longitudinal axis, the cutting assembly comprising:
- a frame for holding the plant material;
- a blade assembly mounted to the frame and having at least a first blade, the first blade being movable along an oblique path relative to the longitudinal axis of the plant material into cutting engagement with the plant material;
- an actuating system for moving the blade into cutting engagement with the plant material;
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- an angle adjustment system operatively associated with the blade for permitting the angle at which the blade travels to be adjusted.
A machine for cutting an end of a scion, the machine comprising:
- a frame having a surface for supporting the scion as the scion lays across the surface;
- at least one blade movably mounted to the frame to move across the surface into cutting engagement with the scion to bevel the end of the scion;
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- an actuating device to move the blade along an oblique path relative to a longitudinal axis of the scion and into cutting engagement with the scion;
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- a second blade movable across the surface into cutting engagement with the scion to bevel the end of the scion.
A machine for cutting a scion, the scion having a longitudinal axis, the machine comprising:
- a frame;
- a scion support member mounted to the frame for supporting the scion;
- a hold down member adjacent the scion support member for holding the scion in the scion support member;
- a blade slide assembly mounted to the frame, the blade slide assembly including:
- first and second slide mounts;
- first and second slides operatively arranged to be slidable relative to the first and second slide mounts;
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- first and second blades, each of the first and second blades having a tapered cutting edge, the first and second blades being mounted to the first and second slides, respectively;
- the first slide and the first blade being slidable along an oblique path relative to the longitudinal axis of the scion so that the cutting edges of the blades cut through the scion in the oblique direction;
- the second slide and the second blade being slidable in a direction substantially symmetric about the longitudinal axis to the oblique direction of the first slide and the first blade, so that sliding the first and second blades through the scion cuts an end of the scion into a "V" shape;
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- an actuating system for activating the slides and blades to cut the plant material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.