Patent ID: 8230671
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for automatic bypassing of tying posts of fruit-bearing hedges, the apparatus comprising: a first vertical drive shaft having a first plurality of toothed cutting disks affixed thereto, said first plurality of toothed cutting disks arranged in vertically spaced relation to each other; a second vertical drive shaft having a second plurality of toothed cutting disks affixed thereto, said second plurality of toothed cutting disks arranged in vertically spaced relation to each other, said first and second vertical drive shafts being rotatable; a first opening wheel mounted by a first speed reducer to said first vertical drive shaft such that said first opening wheel rotates with a speed of rotation less than a speed of rotation of said first plurality of toothed cutting disks; a second opening wheel mounted to by a first speed reducer to said second vertical drive shaft such that said second opening wheel rotates with a speed of rotation less than a speed of rotation of said second plurality of toothed cutting disks, said first and second vertical drive shafts being movable between a first position in which the toothed cutting disks generally mesh with each other and a second position in which the toothed cutting disks are spaced away from each other.