Harvesters – Vegetable gatherer
Reexamination Certificate
2011-04-19
2011-04-19
Fábián-Kovács, Árpád (Department: 3671)
Harvesters
Vegetable gatherer
Reexamination Certificate
active
07926251
ABSTRACT:
A harvesting device for the mechanical harvesting of vegetables and the like, the harvesting device having a pair of circular supports which rotates on an axle disposed in a housing. The circular supports are positioned on opposite sides of a picking path defined by a void in the housing and through which the vegetables pass as the harvester moves. Each circular support having at least one picking element extended into the picking path.
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Office Action for Canadian Application No. 2,638,043, Issued Jul. 21, 2009, 2 Pages.
Fábián-Kovács Árpád
Foley & Lardner LLP
Santa Fe Ingredients
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