Method for harvesting bast plants
US8635844B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 29, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jan 28, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 24, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01F15/00
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
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 receiving the bast stalks onto a first belt. The method then orients at least a portion of the bast stalks on the first belt by moving a bar back and forth across the first belt in a direction generally perpendicular to the direction the first belt is moving, the bar elevated above the first belt and having spaced tines extending toward 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 stalks may be packaged.
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