US 11,980,129 B2
Device for harvesting asparagus growing from an asparagus field
Angelique Ida Wilma Maria Christiaens, Melderslo (NL); Jozef Petra Maria Christiaens, Melderslo (NL); Martijn Theodorus Marie Smedts, Melderslo (NL); and Theodor Lambert Gerardus Aarts, Melderslo (NL)
Assigned to A.I.W.M. CHRISTIAENS HOLDING B.V., Melderslo (NL)
Filed by A.I.W.M. Christiaens Holding B.V., Melderslo (NL)
Filed on Jul. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/924,335.
Claims priority of application No. 2023463 (NL), filed on Jul. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0007278 A1, Jan. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. A01D 45/00 (2018.01); A01B 63/00 (2006.01); A01B 63/02 (2006.01); A01D 34/03 (2006.01); A01D 34/13 (2006.01); A01D 57/20 (2006.01); A01D 57/22 (2006.01); A01G 22/10 (2018.01)
CPC A01D 45/007 (2013.01) [A01B 63/008 (2013.01); A01B 63/02 (2013.01); A01D 34/03 (2013.01); A01D 34/13 (2013.01); A01D 57/20 (2013.01); A01D 57/22 (2013.01); A01G 22/10 (2018.02)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for harvesting asparagus growing from an asparagus field, comprising a frame displaceable over the asparagus field by means of drive means, which frame is at least provided with cutting means for cutting the asparagus to be harvested close to a surface of the field, and a discharge means for discharging the cut asparagus; stabilizing means positioned above and in front of the cutting means, the stabilizing means configured to orient and stabilize the asparagus against the cutting means to form a cutting surface, the stabilizing means comprise a rotatable shaft arranged in the frame that is parallel to the asparagus field, a plurality of asparagus-contact elements placed on the shaft, wherein the asparagus-contact elements are made of a flexible material.