Abstract: A nut measuring device that is configured to be surroundably mounted a nut so as to measure and subsequently display the size thereof. The nut measuring device includes a body having a first end and a second end. The first end of the body includes an opening wherein the opening is contiguous with a channel. The channel extends inward into said body and includes a hollow passage. A plurality of sensors are circumferentially mounted to the channel and extend the entire length thereof. The sensors are configured to detect and provide measurement of a nut adjacent thereto. A processor is operably coupled to the plurality of sensors and receives data signals therefrom. A display screen is formed in the outer surface of the body and is operably connected to the processor. The display screen displays the size of the nut disposed in the channel.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an apparatus, system and method for providing a user-initiated, non-voice communication. The apparatus includes an antenna for communicating within a control channel of a telephone communication network, and a communication device connected to the cellular antenna. The communication device includes (1) a memory storage device for storing information, (2) a preprogrammed circuit having at least one stock message that incorporates some or all of the stored information, and (3) a user interface connected to the preprogrammed circuit.

Abstract: A device for spreading plants, such as tomato vines, generally across the width of an interior chamber of a conventional harvester, such as a tomato harvester, after the vines have been cut from their root systems in a field, fed onto a forward end of a driven inclined chain belt conveyor, pivotally carried on a front end of the harvester, and discharged into a harvester chamber for processing, such as removing the tomatoes from the vines, cleaning, sorting, etc., by existing conventional means. The spreader device comprises a pair of chain conveyors, each comprised of a pair of spaced apart sprockets, rotatably mounted relative to opposed ends of an elongated support member, a chain engaged about the sprockets and extending therebetween, and a plurality of outwardly extending, spaced apart fingers, fixed to the chain at their inner ends along the length of the chain.