(under the class definition) Apparatus having a means to remove and/or separate from the earth a plant or buried object which is desired to be retained and which includes, in addition, an apertured, interstitial or perforated barrier adapted to permit said desired plant or object to pass therethrough but which will retain larger objects and thus segregate said desired objects from the larger objects.
(1) Note. The larger objects may consist of (1) trash, vines or rocks or (2) larger objects of the same kind as the smaller object and are ordinarily delivered to a different location than the smaller objects.
(2) Note. The barrier usually comprises an apertured surface disposed along the path of the recovered objects to be separated.
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13, for apertured surfaces in the form of a moving comb which rakes off vines and similar material while allowing desired objects to pass between the tines or teeth of the comb.
