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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2015
Hbi Branded Apparel Enterprises, Llc, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Michael D. Abbott, Statesville, NC (US);
Robert A. Miller, New Ringgold, PA (US);
HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC, Winston Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for harvesting bast stalks includes a cutting device and a first moving belt. The cutting device is configured to receive bast stalks includes at least one cutter at a front end of the apparatus, where the cutter is configured to cut bast stalks from bast plants. The first moving belt has a first end for receiving the cut bast stalks from the cutter, a second end, and a top surface configured to move the cut bast stalks between the first end and the second end. The apparatus includes a plurality of spaced tines extending toward the top surface of the first belt to orient a substantial majority of the bast stalks generally parallel to each other and generally along the direction the first moving belt is configured to move.