U.S. patents available from 1976 to present.
U.S. patent applications available from 2005 to present.

Icon_funbox Quotables

"One of the greatest labor saving inventions of today is tomorrow!"

Vincent T. Floss

Newsletter  PatentStorm News

Make the Most of Our Site

See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.

Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.

Registered users: Manage your profile.

 

Class 171/20 - WITH MANUAL OPERATION STATION (E.G., TOPPING, SEPARATION INSPECTION)


Subclass of Class 171 - Unearthing plants or buried objects
Definition: Apparatus in which there is provision to support or accommodate
No. of patents: 7
Last issue date: 01/29/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7322424Crop separating harvester
A crop separating harvester includes a primary crop path having an apex, a forced air supply tangentially positioned to the crop path from a bottom side of the apex, and a crop retrieval member, wherein said crop retrieval member is separated from said apex a predet...
01/29/2008
7007449Onion harvester with leaf topper
An orientation system for vegetables includes a plurality of rotating rollers that both pull the vegetable into an inverted position, with leafy top down, and advance the vegetable along the length of the rollers to deliver the vegetables to a cutting system. The or...
03/07/2006
6484810Mechanical harvester for harvesting bulb crops
A mechanical harvester for harvesting, topping and sacking bulb crops, such as onions. The harvester extracts the onions from the ground and transports them rearward to a cutting assembly by conveyor systems that drop out small onions, dirt, rocks and deb...
11/26/2002
6033305Tomato harvesting apparatus with air blast dirt removed feature
A produce harvesting apparatus, such as for harvesting tomatoes, which includes apparatus for harvesting produce, such as tomatoes, which includes an enclosed vehicle and a first conveyor belt extending forward of the vehicle for moving produce and associ...
03/07/2000
4971155Assembly line potato harvester
A potato harvester having cooperative elements serving the functions of prividing an overall frame for the harvester with wheels for locomotion. A de-vining system utilizing a de-vining chain running between large top roller and a smaller bottom roller a ...
11/20/1990
4629005Bulb, root, and leafy vegetable harvester
A harvester for bulb, root and leafy vegetable products including stationary blades (31, 32), rotatable discs (131, 132) or the like which are transported at an angle through opposite sides of a product plant bed to loosen the soil, cut the root system, a...
12/16/1986
4033099Tomato harvesting employing electronic sorting
A known and commercially available electronic sorter is positioned between the sorting conveyor of a tomato harvester and the front cross-conveyor thereof. This sorter includes a rejector mechanism for rejecting tomatoes of colors other than those corresp...
07/05/1977
 
Sign InRegister
Username  
Password   
forgot password?