(under subclass 26) Apparatus in which the plant parts are separated by (1) means which engages different portions of the plant and moves said portions in different lineal or torsional directions, (2) means which impacts or violently agitates the plant to jar portions therefrom, or (3) means to compress the plants in such fashion that sections connecting said portions are distorted until broken to allow said part to separate.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
56, Harvesters,
126+, for apparatus for stripping seeds from standing or growing plants.
460, Crop Threshing or Separating, appropriate subclass, for apparatus for severing parts of harvested plants by threshing.
