Patents Assigned to Veg-A-Mix
  • Patent number: 4095391
    Abstract: An improved broccoli bunching apparatus for expediting the bunching, tying and trimming of broccoli and including a plurality of buckets, which are driven around a first endless loop, each bucket having a head supporting portion for supporting the heads of a bunch of broccoli and a U-shaped stalk support for supporting the broccoli stalks and for carrying a tie band, a plurality of U-shaped clamps which are driven in synchronization with the buckets around a second endless loop disposed above and behind the stalk supports, each clamp for compressingly holding a bunch of broccoli stalks against a corresponding stalk support and a saw disposed to trim the stalks of broccoli clamped between a stalk support and a corresponding clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1978
    Assignee: Veg-A-Mix
    Inventor: Benjamin E. Anguiano