Pruning apparatus and method

Patent · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:871263

Dellinger, Roger D ^[1]

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1. Prosser, WA

The present invention is an automated pruning apparatus that requires little or no follow-up hand pruning and requires no sensors to avoid supportive trunks or posts. The present invention uses at least one pair of flat, close angled toothed, counter rotating blades. Woody branches are directed to the counter rotating blades first with a lifting arm and secondly by a quilled drum.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)
• Patent Number(s): US 5694753
• OSTI ID: 871263
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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