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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2003
Applicants:
Alfons Resing, Stadtlohn, DE;
Richard Wuebbels, Rhede, DE;
Inventors:
Alfons Resing, Stadtlohn, DE;
Richard Wuebbels, Rhede, DE;
Assignee:
Maschinenfabrik Kemper GmbH & Co KG, Stadtlohn, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 45/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A gathering and picking device having a gathering element having radially extending fingers is rotated about an approximately vertical axis. The fingers are arranged to grasp plant stalks and transport the plant stalks along a picking gap of a picking device. The picking gap is curved such that it maintains an at least approximately constant distance from the vertical rotational axis of the gathering element over its operative length.