Harvester and method of harvesting leafy vegetables

Details Harvester and method of harvesting leafy vegetables Harvester and method of harvesting leafy vegetables

1997-03-17

2000-04-18

Will, Thomas B.

Harvesters

Vegetable gatherer

563281, 56 144, 56 145, 56 166, A01D 4500

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active

060500735

ABSTRACT:
A harvester is disclosed for harvesting leafy vegetables, lettuce and the like which are very delicate and which are grown in precisely configured beds of either a regular or single width (40 inches or 42 inches) or a double width (80 inches). A conveyer/cutter assembly is located on one side of the harvester centerline and has a width somewhat exceeding the width of a single width bed. The wheels on each side are separated by somewhat more than the width of a double bed. The driver and engine is located on the other side of the centerline. Such a harvester can cut single width beds, or can cut double width beds by making a first pass in one direction and a second pass in the other direction. An improved single conveyer/cutter assembly is disclosed along with a method of harvesting and processing leafy vegetables to reduce the amount of debris and unwanted material in the harvested leafy vegetables.

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Photos of harvesters owned by T&A. None Dated Material; No Aumor.
Picture from Vitacress product brochure. Not Dated Material; No Aumor.
Photos of an alfalfa harvester. Not Dated Material; No Aumor.
Brochure describing a leafy vegetable harvester which is pulled by a tractor. Jan. 1995; Araciers de Claire Pontaive S.A.

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