Patents Assigned to Vinifera, Inc.
  • Grafting machine
    Patent number: 6148560
    Abstract: A grafting system for cutting the end of a plant material includes a frame for holding the plant material and a blade assembly mounted to the frame. The blade assembly includes a blade that is movable at an angle oblique to the longitudinal axis of the plant material into cutting engagement with the plant material. The system also includes an actuating system for moving the blade into cutting engagement with the plant material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Vinifera, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall H. Hagen, Wesley Scott Allen, Richard Randall Johnson, Allen Wayne Fadenrecht, James Philip Hopkins, Patrick Ryan Ebert