Broom Corn Patents (Class 56/54)
Reel gatherer (Class 56/55)
  • Method for harvesting broom corn and apparatus therefor
    Patent number: 5379579
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to improvements in apparatus and method for harvesting and baling broom corn. The harvesting operations include removing the boot leaves, stalk, knuckle, stem and seed from the broom corn while wet, drying the fibers sufficiently, while retaining original coloration and flexibility to allow for the fibers ready implementation into a broom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: The Thomas Monahan Company
    Inventor: Thomas F. Monahan, Jr.