Patents Assigned to Nicholson Machinery Limited
  • Method and Apparatus for Topping Vegetables
    Publication number: 20080314014
    Abstract: A vegetable topping device comprises at least one rotatable blade and a plenum chamber and further comprises an outlet: characterised in that, in use, the rotating blade(s) generate an airflow which lifts the vegetable tops such that they are cut by the blade(s) and are then directed to the outlet from the plenum chamber by their entrainment in the airflow in combination with the plenum chambers inherent shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: Nicholson Machinery Limited
    Inventor: David Nicholson
  • Apparatus and method for removing tops or roots from crops
    Patent number: 6382426
    Abstract: A machine for removing roots and tops from crops including a pair of counter-rotating rollers spaced apart so as to define a nip therebetween, and means for rotating the rollers characterized in that at least one roller is in the form of a polygonal twisted prism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Nicholson Machinery Limited
    Inventor: David Nicholson