Patent ID: 11944037
Assignee: EVOLVE3, LLC
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A hemp harvester which strips the leaves and flowers from the stalks and branches of a hemp plant and separates them for subsequent processing comprising: a stripper with counter rotating stripper rollers oriented to embrace the plants being harvested from bottom to top as said counter rotating striper rollers are advanced;
each said counter rotating roller having radially extending resiliently flexible paddles located on said counter rotating roll from the top to bottom thereof, which converge as said rollers turn to trap said flowers and leaves between said flexible paddles and strip said flowers and leaves from said stalks and branches;
said resiliently flexible paddles which extend radially from said counter rotating rolls being made of resiliently flexible pads mounted on rigid reinforcing plates, said pads extending beyond the top and side edges of said reinforcing plates so as to flex when a stem or branch is trapped between converging counter rotating paddles; said pads at the bottom half of each said roll being reinforced with a fingered rigid reinforcing plate to allow extra spacing for the larger stalk at the bottom of each plant, such that the stalks are not severed when trapped between said paddles;
said pads at the top half of each said roll being reinforced with a solid rigid reinforcing plates, to maximize stripping away the valuable top flowers of the plant.