Patent ID: 6354066
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
An apparatus for stick-spearing stalk-cut tobacco stalks which comprises;an endless belt rotatably wound around a frame and provided along a circumferential surface thereof with a plurality of stick-supporting claws and a plurality of stalk-transferring claws; a stick rear end-holding means for fixing a rear end of the stick supported by said stick-supporting claws to said frame; and an actuator provided with a movable member which can be reciprocatively moved a predetermined distance while retaining a parallel state thereof with said stick supported by said stick-supporting claws; wherein said actuator is designed to be operated in such a way that when said movable member is advanced toward said stick supported by said stick-supporting claws, said stalk-cut tobacco stalk is pushingly transferred allowing a stalk portion of said stalk-cut tobacco stalk to be speared by a distal end of said stick and at the same time, said endless belt is caused to move forward up to a predetermined distance, thereby enabling the preceding stalk-cut tobacco stalk(s), if any, that has already been speared by said stick to advance up to a predetermined distance by means of said stalk-transferring claws.