.~.~.~> Moved into transverse horizontal position for cutting
DEFINITION
Classification: 171/34
(under subclass 31) Apparatus in which plants which have been
recovered from the ground engage a locating device to shift said plants relative to a sharpened cutting instrument in order to remove a portion of each plant at a desired location.
(1) Note. The locating device may be either a fixed guide or a moving positioning member.
(2) Note. The locating device may shift the recovered article relative to a conveyor means carrying said article to the cutting instrument and this shifting may occur either before or after the article is engaged by the conveyor means.
