Tob. Reporter, 1989, 116-7, p. 50, ISSN.0361-5693
Apparatus for automated tobacco harvesting
DAY G.B.; WELLS L.G.; SMITH T.D.
US Patent 4,813,216 assigned to University of Kentucky, USA. The apparatus includes a mechanism for cutting the stalks of plants being harvested adjacent the ground. An inclined conveyor grasps the cut stalks and elevates them above the ground. The...