High-throughput vacuum cotton harvester
US8534035B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 22, 2012 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 22, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01D46/087
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A high through-put cotton harvesting system for selectively harvesting cotton from a plurality of selected cotton plants in a field, wherein the system includes a self-propelled mobile platform that is structured and operable to be driven through a field of cotton, and a compressor disposed on the mobile platform. The system additionally includes a plurality of plant picker assemblies that are extendable from the mobile platform. Each plant picker assembly is structured and independently operable to utilize a vacuum force, generated via the compressor, to extract cotton bolls from one or more cotton plants growing in the field as the mobile platform is driven through the field and deposit the extracted cotton bolls into a selected collection receptacle.
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