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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5830060 | Machine for cutting kernels from ears of corn A machine having pairs of powered rollers for propelling ears of corn along a course through a cutter head assembly for kernel separation. A hydraulic motor drives each roller by means of a powered shaft which, along with the motor, may be displaced durin... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5331980 | Tobacco stripper apparatus A tobacco stripper includes coplanar first and second stripper plates having confronting semi-cylindrical recesses coaxial relative to one another. The first stripper plate is arranged in a spring-biased relationship for contiguous communication with the ... | 07/26/1994 |
| 4744373 | Leaf picking apparatus for tobacco plants A leaf picking apparatus according to the present invention comprises a leaf picking disk of elastic material adapted to rotate in one direction. The disk has an opening in the center and a plurality of elastically deformable tongues spaced circumferentia... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4498484 | Tobacco stripper A tabacco stripper having a stripper opening which is initially expandable to provide ample room for receiving the end of a tobacco stalk and then collapses on the stalk under spring tension to strip the leaves of the tobacco from the stalk without damage... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4478227 | Leaf stripping mechanism A leaf stripper for tobacco stalks and the like wherein the leaves are removed from the stalks by the stalks being pulled or forced through a cooperating spring loaded scraper bars and a roughly eliptically shaped opening in a flat plate and wherein the l... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4353377 | Guide for leaf stripping apparatus The problems of properly guiding tobacco leaves to the nip of leaf stripping rolls and limiting leaves from sticking to the rolls, are avoided by providing a member which includes a portion having a planar surface for guiding leaves to the nip and which i... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4350172 | Tobacco stripper This machine is for stripping the leaves from tobacco stalks, so as to confine the "tip grade" leaves in one container, the "leaf grade" in another container, and the "trash grade" in another container, in order to get the tobacco to the market in the thr... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4292982 | Leaf stripper for tobacco stalks and the like A leaf stripper for tobacco stalks and the like including cooperating leaf stripping means, means for moving the stripping means to form a nip, and stalk supporting an infeeding means including a rotating support table mounted adjacent the stripping means... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4151847 | Devices for removing brussels sprouts from their stalks A device for removing attached parts from the stalk of a plant moving downstream along a feed path, and in particular a Brussel sprout plant comprising, an annular member rotatably mounted concentric of the feed path having a central opening through which... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4091820 | Apparatus for removing brussels sprouts from the parent stalks An apparatus for removing brussels sprouts from the parent stalks including a plurality of blades arranged generally in the form of a truncated pyramid and defining an aperture for receiving the sprout bearing stalks, the blades being rotatable to remove ... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4022220 | Cutter head for a machine for picking sprouts A cutter head for a machine for picking sprouts, comprising a rotatably mounted disc, which is driven during operation, said disc being provided with an opening for shifting therein a stalk to be picked and with knives positioned around the opening and pi... | 05/10/1977 |
