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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2003
Applicants:
Michiel Peter Oderwald, Delft, NL;
Andreas Gerardus Vis, Zoetermeer, NL;
Inventors:
Michiel Peter Oderwald, Delft, NL;
Andreas Gerardus Vis, Zoetermeer, NL;
Assignee:
Germaco B.V., Boven Karapel, NL;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 43/02 (2006.01); A01D 87/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A flexible band is tensioned between fingers, capable of gripping together, of a gripper. In the bunching of plant stems, the band is held in an opening between fingers of the gripper behind a pair of rollers. The plant stems are carried along between the pair of rollers and received in the flexible band. After a bunch has thus been gathered, the ends of the fingers are brought towards each other, and the stems in the gripper are moved away from the rollers. Subsequently, the stems are tied together.