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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2015
Osaka Prefecture University Public Corporation, Sakai-shi, Osaka, JP;
Kusakabe Kikai Co., Ltd., Toyonaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
OSAKA PREFECTURE UNIVERSITY PUBLIC CORPORATION, Sakai-shi, JP;
KUSAKABE KIKAI CO., LTD., Toyonaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
A seedling-cutting apparatus includes a pair of arms that is to nip a portion of a stem of a seedling for grafting and that can be opened and closed and a blade that is provided so as to be capable of reciprocating relative to the portion of the stem. At least one of the pair of arms includes a through hole or a cutout that penetrates a portion of the arms along a direction in which the blade reciprocates. At least a portion of the through hole or the cutout faces the portion of the stem and at least a portion of the blade moves through the through hole or the cutout.