Crop harvesting method and apparatus
CA 1312733 C · Owner: Kabat, Thomas W. · Inventors: Kabat, Thomas W.
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Apparatus and methods of harvesting dry beans and similar crops supported on plants standing in rows in a field comprises severing the plants above ground level transporting the severed plants to a chamber, and discharging such plants from the chamber to the receiver of a combine from which the plants are delivered to the combine's threshing mechanism at which the crop is separated from the plant stems foliage, and, other debris.
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- Granted January 19, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 19, 2010.
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