Patent ID: 9357704
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: A01D

Claim Text:
1. A harvester, comprising: a set of independently controllable cutter arm assemblies configured to: wherein rotation of an individual cutter arm assembly of the set is controllable independent of rotation of other individual cutter arm assemblies of the set, further wherein the individual cutter arm assembly includes a pair of pads that are pivotally attached to the individual cutter arm assembly and that are biased away from one another as the individual cutter arm assembly approaches an individual agricultural object and wherein the pair of pads are biased towards one another as the individual agricultural object is positioned and grasped therebetween, and further wherein the individual cutter arm assembly is further configured to pivot along another axis that passes through the pair of pads at the individual agricultural object to reduce slippage between the individual agricultural object and the pads that can damage the individual agricultural object.