Patents Assigned to Etablissements Collard
  • Patent number: 11666009
    Abstract: An agricultural leaf stripper which can adopt numerous configurations allowing leaf stripping of bushes and trees of varying shapes and sizes consists of a structure capable of being transported along a horizontal axis parallel to the ground and consisting of a structure formed of two parts one of which is fixed to the transporter vehicle and the other of which can slide vertically on the fixed part and supports a rectilinear rail generally parallel to the structure and able to be moved horizontally towards and away from the structure and tilted with respect thereto, the rail carrying at least two pneumatic leaf stripping heads, each stripping head being able to be set to a desired position on the rail independently of the other leaf stripping heads, and each being able to be set to a desired orientation about its working axis on the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Etablissements Collard
    Inventor: Yannick Collard
  • Patent number: 11310966
    Abstract: An air leaf stripping system and an agricultural machine equipped with such system. The system is used in viticulture for stripping leaves from vinestocks. The system can be mounted on a tractor and includes adjustment mechanism consisting of a rotary joint and coupling for rotating a housing and includes an arm that has a main longitudinal axis and includes the supply line and an attachment part intended to be mounted on the agricultural machine directly or via a frame. The supply line-is guided along the attachment part and connected to the leaf stripping members through a junction in the housing via the rotary joint. The rotating member being arranged so that the housing can be rotated about a first axis passing through the junction and substantially perpendicular to the main longitudinal axis of the arm, between at least two separate angular positions relative to the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: ETABLISSEMENTS COLLARD
    Inventors: Yannick Collard, Corinne Collard
  • Publication number: 20210400886
    Abstract: An agricultural leaf stripper which can adopt numerous configurations allowing leaf stripping of bushes and trees of varying shapes and sizes consists of a structure capable of being transported along a horizontal axis parallel to the ground and consisting of a structure formed of two parts one of which is fixed to the transporter vehicle and the other of which can slide vertically on the fixed part and supports a rectilinear rail generally parallel to the structure and able to be moved horizontally towards and away from the structure and tilted with respect thereto, the rail carrying at least two pneumatic leaf stripping heads, each stripping head being able to be set to a desired position on the rail independently of the other leaf stripping heads, and each being able to be set to a desired orientation about its working axis on the rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Etablissements Collard
    Inventor: Yannick COLLARD
  • Patent number: 6594982
    Abstract: A leaf stripper includes several nozzles mounted at the end of branch pipes that are radially integral with a rotary compressed gas dispenser. The nozzles move along concentric circles with different radii behind a vegetation deflector. The deflector includes gas jet circulating and controlling structures such as circular slots with radii corresponding to that of the circumferences described by the nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Etablissements Collard SA, Societe Anonyme a directoire et conseil de surveillance
    Inventor: Michel Collard
  • Patent number: D984488
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: ETABLISSEMENTS COLLARD
    Inventor: Yannick Collard