Harvesters – Vegetable gatherer
Reexamination Certificate
2008-07-08
2008-07-08
Fábián-Kovács, Árpád (Department: 3671)
Harvesters
Vegetable gatherer
C099S547000, C426S484000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07395653
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus and methods for picking and coring produce heads. A righting mechanism receives and orients planted produce heads, and when a planted head is in a position to be severed, a lift arm and clamp wheel are controlled to position a clamp proximal to the planted head, wherein the planted head is clamped and a severing mechanism severs the planted head from the soil bed. The lift arm and clamp wheel operate to automatically reposition the clamped and severed head proximal to a coring mechanism, and the coring mechanism automatically removes the core of the clamped and severed head.
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de Groot Peter
Tracy Jason
Willoughby Fred
Fábián-Kovács Árpád
Gray Gerald T.
Townsend and Townsend / and Crew LLP
Valley Fabrication Inc.
Willoughby Farms, Inc.
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