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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2014
Applicant:
Hbi Branded Apparel Enterprises, Llc, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Inventors:
Michael D. Abbott, Statesville, NC (US);
Robert A. Miller, New Ringgold, PA (US);
Assignee:
HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC, Winston Salem, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01F 11/02 (2006.01); A01D 41/00 (2006.01); A01D 45/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 41/00 (2013.01); A01D 45/065 (2013.01); A01F 11/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for harvesting bast plants that have stalks, husks, and seeds. The method includes cutting the bast stalks from the bast plants and promptly receiving the bast stalks onto a first belt without retting the bast stalks. The method then orients at least a portion of the bast stalks on the first belt, the longitudinal axis of the at least a portion of the bast stalks being generally oriented in the direction the first belt is moving. The husks and seeds may be removed from the bast stalks. The bast stalk may be packaged.