Patents Assigned to Calif. Artichoke & Vegetable Growers Corp.
  • Patent number: 4674270
    Abstract: A mobile apparatus for field packing of broccoli and other cut product includes a mobile frame and a rotatable sorting table. Individual broccoli stalk cut by workers walking along with the mobile packer and placed on conveyors on the packer and are discharged onto the rotatable sorting table. A plurality of banding frames are attached to the periphery of the rotatable table and include mechanisms for holding an expanded elastic band. Workers standing around the table may gather the broccoli from the table, form bunches of individual stalks, and place the bunches into the expanded band. Further mechanisms are provided for automatically ejecting the banded broccoli onto a discharge conveyor, and replacing a new elastic band onto the banding frame. The bunched broccoli may then be packed into cartons by other personnel on the mobile packer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1987
    Assignee: Calif. Artichoke & Vegetable Growers Corp.
    Inventor: Egidio L. Tonus