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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7007449 | Onion 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 |
| 6382426 | Apparatus and method for removing tops or roots from crops A machine for removing roots and tops from crops including a pair of counter-rotating rollers spaced apart so as to define a nip therebetween, and means for rotating the rollers characterized in that at least one roller is in the form of a polygonal twist... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6125745 | Root remover for bean sprouts Sprouting beans roots removing apparatus cuts and removes roots of sprouting beans, as harvested, efficiently. A plurality of projections, each having at its upper face angular portion, are fitted to upper surface of base plate with predetermined space be... | 10/03/2000 |
| 4685388 | Device to remove peanuts from the root thereof A device to remove the pod peanuts from the root thereof. The device mainly comprises a stem and leaf conveying mechanism and a pod peanut rubbing and conveying mechanism. The two mechanisms hold the stem and leaf portion and the pod peanut portion respec... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4430933 | Trimmer for vegetables using fixed shear bar and unsharpened rotary members cooperative therewith A machine for accomplishing the removal of leaves and other unwanted portions from vegetables comprising an elongate shear bar having two opposed, machined edges and a pair of elongate members mounted for rotation in close proximity to the machined edges.... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4176595 | Apparatus and method for coring cauliflower heads A cauliflower coring apparatus and method in which cauliflower heads are fed one-by-one into a housing by a conveyor having bowls for receiving the heads, each bowl having a number of spikes on which the heads are impaled. A shiftable beam in the housing ... | 12/04/1979 |
