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Apparatus for harvesting a tree

US3994325A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 17, 1975
Grant dateNov 30, 1976
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Expiry dateNov 17, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA01G23/08
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In an improved method and apparatus for harvesting a tree, the pressure exerted on the tree by a grapple assembly is at a first preselected value during shearing of the tree trunk and positioning the severed tree for further processing. The pressure exerted on the tree by the grapple assembly is thereafter reduced to a second preselected value and the tree is further processed.

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