Patents Examined by Randolpha A. Reese
  • Patent number: 5277138
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for planting cuttings one by one, which includes a propelled or towed frame supported by rotatable support wheels, a feeding apparatus for cuttings to be planted and intended for bringing the cuttings into contact with a driving device vertically displaceable in a planting tube. The feeding apparatus is designed for receiving, one by one, cuttings which have been cut in advance to a length suitable for planting of full shoots or such portions thereof the length of which exceeds the length of a cutting intended for planting. The planting tube and at least one portion of the feeding apparatus are movable relative to each other. Cutting apparatus is provided in connection with the feeding apparatus for cutting off a fed, full shoot or a portion thereof during relative movement, whereupon a cutting cut off to a suitable length by the relative movement, during the final phase thereof, is brought to a position in the path of movement of driving apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1994
    Assignee: Wilstrand Svets & Mek, AB
    Inventors: Ragnar Wilstrand, Mats Wilstrand