The cutters being so located as to sever the standing stalk close to the top and means for catching the top after it is cut off.
(1) Note. These machines are more especially adapted for harvesting such crops as Kafir corn, milo maize, and
feterita.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
99, Foods and Beverages: Apparatus,
537, for a machine for cutting off the top from stalks which have previously been cut and subclasses 635 and 643 for cutting means that removes the tops from food.