Patents by Inventor Erwin Paul Maria Bakker

Erwin Paul Maria Bakker has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Device for treating bulbous or tuberous plants
    Patent number: 7433059
    Abstract: Device for treating bulbous or tuberous plants, particularly onions, provided with a green end and a root end and a bulb axis extending therethrough, comprising means for holding the bulbs, means for cutting the green end and the root end off from the bulbs, means for by means of image registration determining the orientation in the device of the bulbs held in the holding means, and means for orienting the onions in an orientation adjusted to the cutting means on the basis of said determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Inventors: Gerard Cornelis van der Knijff, Arie van der Knijff, Erwin Paul Maria Bakker