1007results about "Hedge trimming apparatus" patented technology

The present invention relates to cutting tools, in particular, to control systems for cutters such as vegetation cutters, especially hedge cutters or trimmers (10). Hedge cutters (10) frequently suffer in use from a problem of blocked cutting blades when they encounter a twig or branch whose size or density exceeds the capacity of the blades. We describe a vegetation cutting apparatus (10) having a plurality of cutting blades (11,12), at least one of which blades (11,12) is drivable by an electric motor. At least one driven blade (11,12) is movable between two predefined points of maximum travel. The apparatus (10) includes a control mechanism which causes a change of direction in the movement of the at least one movable blade at a point intermediate the points of maximum travel in response to an event sensed by the control mechanism.

The invention discloses an on-vehicle hedge clipping machine, which comprises a carrying vehicle and hedge clipping equipment arranged on the carrying vehicle, wherein the hedge clipping equipment comprises a rotary base, a telescopic arm, a cutter disc frame, a plurality of rotary cutter heads, a cutter driving mechanism, a cutter disc turning driving mechanism, a base driving device, a telescopic arm driving device and a control system, wherein the rotary base can rotate on the horizontal plane in 360 degrees, the telescopic arm can simultaneously carry out fore-and-aft extension and retraction and up-and-down movement, the cutter disc frame is fixedly arranged at the front end of the telescopic arm, a plurality of rotary cutter heads are horizontally arranged under the cutter disc frame, the cutter driving mechanism drives the rotary cutter heads, and the cutter disc turning driving mechanism drives the cutter disc to do circumferential turning action. The invention has the advantages of simple structure and convenient operation, high automation degree, high operation efficiency, high clipping poisture conversion speed, wide operation range, high clipping quality and safe operation, and can effectively overcome the defects of respectively requirement of two sets of independent mechanisms for high-position trimming and low-position grass beating, complicated operation, high production cost, low automation degree, small operation range and the like of the existing hedge clipping machine.

The invention discloses a hedgerow pruning manipulator with six degrees of freedom (DOP). The manipulator comprises a main swing mechanism, a pruning knife assembly and a supporting mechanism, wherein the supporting mechanism is fixed on a dragging vehicle, and consists of a base, a rotary component, a lifting component and a telescopic component; the front end of the supporting mechanism is fixedly provided with the main swing mechanism capable of doing gyroscopic motion; the output shaft end of the main swing mechanism is fixedly connected with a horizontal mechanical arm the front end of which is connected with a vertical mechanical arm, and the front end of the vertical mechanical arm is provided with a wrist joint; the output end of the wrist joint is fixedly provided with the pruning knife assembly; and a control system utilizes a control module which takes ARM series processors as the core to automatically control the joint operation of the horizontal mechanical arm, the vertical mechanical arm, the wrist joint and the main swing mechanism, so that the pruning knife can be operated along various tracks in space, thus realizing pruning operation of various form such as a spherical shape, a conical shape, a cylindrical shape, a plane, an inclined face, a wavy face and the like. The pruning manipulator has the characteristics of high automaticity, wide adaptability, energy conservation, environmental protection and the like, and is convenient to popularize and use.

A five-degree of freedom green fence pruning machine comprises a pruning manipulator posture adjusting platform installed in front of a bearing cart, a rotation base which is installed on the pruning manipulator posture adjusting platform and is capable of revolving 360 degrees, an elevating mechanism which is fixedly installed on the rotation base, a telescoping mechanism which is fixed on an elevating rack of the elevating mechanism and is capable of ascending and descending along with the elevating rack, a pruning bit rotating device which is fixed at the front end of the telescoping mechanism and is capable of driving a pruning bit to rotate 360 degrees, a vertical lifting mechanism which is installed on the pruning bit rotating device, a pruning bit inclination-degree adjusting joint which is fixed at the lower end of the vertical lifting mechanism and is capable of ascending and descending along with the vertical lifting mechanism, and the pruning bit which is installed on an output shaft end of the pruning bit inclination-degree adjusting joint. By the pruning machine, the pruning of a plurality of mold modes of road green belts and garden sightseeing trees can be realized, a pruning process is completed automatically, the pruning machine is high in automation degree and simple in mechanical structure, the labor intensity of pruning green fences can be reduced, and work efficiency is improved.

The invention discloses a movable height angle adjustable bracket for a hand-held hedge trimmer, belonging to the technical field of landscaping machinery. When an existing hand-held hedge trimmer is used to artificially trim the contour of the plant, the trimming labour intensity is high, and the hedge is difficult to trim flatly and uniformly. The movable height angle adjustable bracket for the hand-held hedge trimmer is composed of a translation mechanism, a lifting mechanism and a replicating mechanism from bottom to top, wherein lower end parts of four connecting rods below two groups of parallelogram four linkages in the lifting mechanism are respectively hinged with four slide blocks in the translation mechanism; and the upper end parts of the four connecting rods above the two groups of the parallelogram four linkages in the lifting mechanism are respectively hinged with a pair of round hole supporting bases and a pair of slot hole supporting bases in the replicating mechanism. The hand-held hedge trimmer is arranged on a blocking base, so that a ring-belt-shaped cutter head of the hand-held hedge trimmer extends forwards. The height of the hand-held hedge trimmer is regulated by the lifting mechanism, and the replicating angle of the blocking base is regulated by the replicating mechanism, so as to be adaptive to trimming different plant contours; and the ring-belt-shaped cutter head translates in a reciprocating manner by the translation mechanism, so as to repeatedly trim.

An agriculture vehicle has a mobile body and an arm. The arm has a first end supported upon the mobile body and a second end movable relative the mobile body. A cutting tool is operatively supported upon the second end of the arm. The cutting tool includes a blade configured for rotation.

A method and apparatus for mechanically thinning crops, particularly those planted in rows. One or more crop thinning units are connected to the back of a tractor or other vehicle. Each of the units has the ability to sense plants and activate an arm which has a blade disposed thereon. An electronic control system enables data from several sensors to be evaluated such that plants may be selectively removed based on pre-established criteria. Sensors differentiate between weeds and plants, and maintain the cutting units above the crop rows.

The invention discloses a municipal green belt trimming device. The lower end of a first motor is rotationally connected with a driving shaft. The middle of the driving shaft is fixedly connected with a fourth bevel gear. The bottom of the driving shaft is fixedly connected with a semicircular bevel gear. A fifth bevel gear is fixedly connected with a sleeve shaft which is connected with a driving shaft in a sliding mode. A first bevel gear is fixedly connected with the middle of a bidirectional threaded rod. A boss is arranged on the surface of the driving shaft. A concave groove is formed in the sleeve shaft. One end of the driving shaft is fixedly connected with a third bevel gear which is meshed and connected with a second bevel gear. The second bevel gear is fixedly connected with the driving shaft. According to the device, the bidirectional threaded rod is driven by the bevel gear group and the semicircular bevel gear to rotate forward and backward in a reciprocating mode so as to drive the driven shaft to move leftward and rightward in a reciprocating mode, and the driving shaft drives the driven shaft to rotate when the driven shaft is driven to move leftward and rightward in the reciprocating mode; the device is simple and applicable in structure, the green belt trimming range is greatly enlarged, work efficiency is improved, and labor is reduced.

The present invention discloses an apparatus for trimming plants, in particular, buds and flowers, to remove unwanted plant material. A typical application would be to process a plant to leave only trimmed buds and flowers for use in potpourri, fragrant sashes, or as a prelude to further processing of essential oils. The invention enables faster and safer production of plant material than prior plant processing machines. The apparatus employs an original combination of a slotted metal drum and a lawn mower type cutting reel that are rotated in the same direction, but at different speeds, to create a cutting interface that shears the unwanted plant material off and then collect this debris though a novel vacuum manifold into a waste collection device. The cutting interface between the slotted drum and the cutting reel is adjustable to keep the distance between the two between 0.002 and 0.006 inches for a very sharp and clean cut. The invention includes a roller brush and sprayer system to keep the cutting interface clean, without buildup of oils and other organic plant material. The invention is built upon a frame that moves on wheels and that allows for adjustment for operation in a level or tilted configuration to best suit the processing of particular types of plant material. The manifold cover is easily removed for cleaning and for sharpening or adjustment of the cutting blades.

The invention provides a deforming trimmer for spherical vegetation. The deforming trimmer comprises a machine rack, a vertical hydraulic rod, a transverse hydraulic rod and a trimming tool, and an object carrying platform is fixed to the tail end of the transverse hydraulic rod; the deforming trimmer is characterized in that a vertical rotating shaft is arranged on the object carrying platform, and the trimming tool is fixed to the lower end of the rotating shaft. The trimming tool is composed of multiple tool sections in connection in a hinged mode in sequence; each tool section consists ofa frame, a wheel axle, a double-belt pulley, an upper blade and a lower blade, wherein the wheel axle is arranged on the frame in a rotating mode, and the double-belt pulley is fixed to the wheel axle; the double-belt pulleys on adjacent tool sections are connected in a transmission mode through belts; the curving radian of the trimming tool is adjusted by an angle adjusting mechanism, and the belts are tensioned by a tensioning mechanism. According to the deforming trimmer, the corresponding spherical vegetation can be trimmed out based on needs, the whole trimming process is totally completed by the machine, the labor intensity of manual trimming is relieved, the working efficiency is improved, the advantages are significant, and the deforming trimmer is suitable for application and popularization.

An airborne tree trimming system is described that includes a helicopter having a chassis and a frame extending beneath the helicopter chassis; a trimming apparatus including a boom with an upper end and a plurality of rotatable cutting blades mounted on the boom; and a release mechanism attaching the trimming apparatus to the helicopter, the release mechanism including a connector having an upper end with a first hook attachment point, a lower end with a boom attachment point, and a second hook attachment point intermediate the upper and lower end; a first release hook mounted on the helicopter chassis and releasably attachable to the first hook attachment point; and a second release lock mounted on the frame and releasably attachable to the second hook attachment point.

A hedgerow modeling tool with protecting devices comprises a first machine frame, a second machine frame, trimming knives, first driving devices, driving mechanisms and the protecting devices. An arc sliding track is arranged at the right end of the first machine frame. An arc sliding block is correspondingly arranged at the left end of the second machine frame. The machine frames are in matching connection through the sliding track and the sliding block. A trimming knife driven by each first driving device is arranged on the bottom face of each machine frame correspondingly. The driving mechanisms are arranged in the machine frames, and the combination angle between the machine frames can be adjusted by changing the position of the sliding block on the sliding track so that the trimming knives can be combined to be in different modeling angles. At least one third machine frame can be arranged between the first machine frame and the second machine frame, the left end of the third machine frame and the left end of the second machine frame are the same in structure, and the right end of the third machine frame and the right end of the first machine frame are the same in structure, so that the trimming range is expanded, the protecting devices are arranged between the machine frames and the trimming knives so that branches and leaves can be prevented from splashing around, and tool damage and accidents can be effectively avoided.

A power working machine has a machine body, a drive source mounted on the machine body for driving a work implement connected to the machine body, and an operating handle mounted on the machine body for undergoing rotation relative to the machine body. A throttle lever is mounted on the operating handle for undergoing pivotal movement to adjust an output of the drive source. A lock mechanism is mounted on the operating handle for locking the operating handle at a preselected rotational angular position relative to the machine body. A lock cancellation lever is mounted on the operating handle for unlocking the lock mechanism to thereby permit rotational movement of the operating handle relative to the machine body. A stopper section is mounted on the operating handle for permitting operation of the lock mechanism while preventing pivotal movement of the throttle lever and for preventing operation of the lock mechanism while permitting pivotal movement of the throttle lever.

The invention discloses a multifunctional green fence pruning manipulator capable of reconfiguring rapidly. The multifunctional green fence pruning manipulator capable of reconfiguring rapidly comprises a rotary chassis, a base, a large arm, a rear arm, an overload protective mechanism, a front arm, a small arm connecting frame, a rotary shaft, a small arm, a trimming cutter head connecting frame, a trimming cutter head, a large arm push rod, a rear arm push rod, a small arm push rod as well as a rotary power motor, wherein the rotary chassis is fixedly installed on a bearing vehicle; the base is fixedly installed on the upper end surface of the rotary chassis; the large arm is articulated with the base; the rear arm is articulated with the large arm; the overload protective mechanism is connected with the tail end of the rear arm; the front arm is connected with the overload protective mechanism; the small arm connecting frame is articulated with the tail end of the front arm; the rotary shaft is installed on the small arm connecting frame; the small arm is fixed on the tail end of the rotary shaft; the trimming cutter head connecting frame is articulated to the tail end of the small arm; the trimming cutter head is fixed below the trimming cutter head connecting frame; the large arm push rod is used for driving the large arm to swing back and forth; the rear arm push rod is used for driving the rear arm to pitch up and down; and the small arm push rod is used for driving the small arm to overturn up and down; and the rotary power motor is used for driving the rotary shaft to rotate. The multifunctional green fence pruning manipulator capable of reconfiguring rapidly provided by the invention has an overload protection function of trimming load, replaces different tools according to different trimming types, and can trim and mold landscape trees with any shape.

The invention discloses an all-round green belt pruning device for municipal gardens, which comprises a support column, a chute is arranged on the inner side of the middle part of the support column, a screw rod is connected inside the chute, a lifting block is connected to the middle part of the screw rod, and a lifting block is connected to the inner side of the lifting block. The mounting plate is connected with the first motor, the middle part of the first motor is connected with the first driving shaft, the middle part of the top of the screw rod is connected with the driven gear, the lower end of the driven gear is meshed with the driving gear, and the middle part of the driving gear is connected with the transmission shaft. The middle part of the shaft is connected with a drive handle, the middle part of the top of the support column is connected with a screw, the middle part of the left end of the screw is connected with a left slider, the lower end of the left slider is connected with a left swing rod, the middle part of the right end of the screw is connected with a right slider, and the lower end of the right slider is connected with a right swing Rod, the lower end of the left fork and the right fork are connected with lifting plate. The invention satisfies the pruning of branches at the top and both ends of the green belt, increases the applicability of the green belt pruning device, and satisfies the omnidirectional pruning of the municipal green belt.

The invention discloses a green hedge trimmer with fertilizing and irrigating functions. The green hedge trimmer with the fertilizing and irrigating functions is composed of a transport and power generation device, a support rotating lifting device, a water pressurization device, a fertilizer abrasive processing and distribution device and a water-fertilizer flow jetting trimming device. Compared to the prior art, the green hedge trimmer with the fertilizing and irrigating functions is characterized in that high pressure water jet flow is used as a trimming tool to achieve a green hedge trimming under the principle of high pressure abrasive water jet cutting with the auxiliary of processed fertilizer particles as an abrasive material, and the trimming way is novel and reliable; by utilizing the water and the fertilizer as a trimming tool, not only a trimming function is achieved, but also have cleaning, fertilizing and irrigating functions on the green hedge are achieved during the process of decompression and after decompression, so that the functions are various and the resource utilization rate is high; by utilizing an impact resistance and wear resistance impact resistant plate, a decompression on the no-loading high pressure jet flow is achieved, so that the service life of work pieces and the security of people can be effectively guaranteed; the utilization of a no-knife design avoids the problems of being easy to hit the knife and easy to knock against railings and the like in traditional designs, and is not only safe, easy to control, but also is low in the cost of using and maintaining.

A machine for managing shoots of vines arranged on a trellis, the machine comprising: a frame that has two spaced apart uprights, the frame being arranged to straddle the trellis, each upright supporting a brush that is rotatable to contact shoots extending from the vines; and a drive mechanism for imparting rotational motion to each brush, such that, in use, the brushes rotate on opposing sides of the trellis to contact and remove shoots from the vine as the machine is advanced along the trellis.

The invention discloses a modeling pruning machine. The pruning machine is arranged on a locomotive, and comprises a base, a lifting support, a transverse connecting device, a rotating device, a longitudinal connecting device and a shearing device. The base is fixedly connected with the locomotive. The lifting support is connected with the base in a rotating mode. The transverse connecting device is movably connected with the lifting support. The rotating device is arranged at the end of the transverse connecting device in a sliding mode and can do rotating motion along the horizontal panel. The upper end of the longitudinal connecting device is connected with the rotating device in a rotating mode. The shearing device is arranged at the lower end of the longitudinal connecting device. An angle adjusting device is arranged on the shearing device. The modeling pruning machine can achieve 360-degree modeling of a hedge or a tree within the 360-degree range, the hedge modeling is beautiful, pruning dead angles do not exist, pruning of various kinds of modeling can be carried out on a plane, a cone, a cylinder, a slope and a polygon of the hedge or the tree, the structure is simple, and the cost is low.

The invention discloses a vehicle-mounted multi-degree of freedom numerical control hedge trimming machine, comprising a bearing cart and a trimming machine which is arranged on the bearing cart, wherein the bearing cart is a small and simple cart which is provided with wheels, a storage battery, a numerical control system, a control console and a pedestal for mounting the trimming machine; the trimming machine comprises a vertical pillar, a transverse arm, a rotary arm, a trimming motor, a cutter holder and a cutter; a chute which is internally provided with a transmission screw rod is arranged in one side of the vertical pillar; the transverse arm penetrates the chute and is installed on the transmission screw rod, and is capable of moving up and down in the chute; a telescopic rod which is connected with the rotary arm through a rotary shaft is arranged in the transverse arm; the cutter holder which is capable of rotating around the rotary arm is arranged at the other end of the rotary arm; and the cutter is arranged on the cutter holder. The vehicle-mounted multi-degree of freedom numerical control hedge trimming machine has the advantages of small volume, strong flexibility and mobility, wide application range, high working efficiency, easy operation, good safety, low energy consumption and diverse trimming styles; and the vehicle-mounted multi-degree of freedom numerical control hedge trimming machine is widely applicable to trimming of garden crops in roads, plazas, parks, residential areas, houses and other various places.

This invention is a dual function tree pruner and fruit harvester that use the same equipment for pruning and for harvesting. The Fruit Tree Pruner and Harvesting Machine features: a Self-Propelled-Vehicle (SPV), computer controlled robotic arms, a Digital Imaging System (DIS), a Radar RangerSystem (RRS), Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) Guidance System, Geographic Information System (GIS), a Power Pruner or Power Stem Cutter as appropriate, a fruit vacuum system, a fruit catcher, a fruit handling system, and a fruit bin loader. The operation is automated and the operator monitors and sets parameters. The Fruit Tree Pruner and Harvesting Machine can prune a tree to a predetermined profile. The tree can be shaped per the orchard's requirements. The invention utilizes data obtained during the pruning process to find the fruit, and to remove the fruit while maintaining the fruit quality suitable for the fresh market.

An extendable tree trimming saw is made easy to handle by providing a foot plate on which to rest the weight of the pole and a winch for raising and lowering the saw. The extendable pole is pivotally connected to the foot plate, preferably through a coil spring or elastomeric mass that aides in holding the pole upright and restoring it to an upright position after a cutting operation.

The invention relates to plant pruning equipment, in particular to a hand-push type multifunctional plant pruning machine which comprises a four-wheeled trolley, an electric hedge trimmer and a scissors fork type lifter. The electric hedge trimmer comprises a power portion and knife scissors, a high bedplate which is used for supporting the electric hedge trimmer is arranged on the top of the scissors fork type lifter, the electric hedge trimmer can be of a unidirectional drive or bidirectional drive structure, two vertical columns are arranged at the bottom of the power portion of the electric hedge trimmer, two front legs at the bottom of the scissors fork type lifter are movably supported on guide rails, and two rear legs at the bottom of the scissors fork type lifter are rotatably connected with a bottom plate; a low bedplate is formed by the front end of the bottom plate; side upright plates are hinged to at least one side of the high bedplate, and a plurality of through holes which are used for supporting the electric hedge trimmer and are matched with the columns in an insertion manner are respectively formed in the high bedplate, the side upright plates and the low bedplate. The hand-push type multifunctional plant pruning machine has the advantages that the labor intensity of workers can be relieved, the hand-push type multifunctional plant pruning machine is high in pruning quality, the electric hedge trimmer can be bidirectionally driven, is particularly applicable to pruning green belts and is particularly suitable to be used as a crop harvester or a lawn mower, and the work efficiency can be obviously improved.

A pruning machine for pruning vegetation includes a frame arranged for connection to a tractor or the like so as to enable the machine to be moved along the vegetation to be pruned. A first pruning assembly is arranged for attachment to the frame, the first pruning assembly including first and second pruning apparatus arranged so that in use they can be positioned either side of a vegetation support wire on which required vegetation is located. The first and second pruning apparatus are arranged to prune non-required vegetation extending substantially above and / or below the support wire.

The invention relates to a high-efficiency vehicular hedge clipper with two clipping faces. The high-efficiency vehicular hedge clipper with the two clipping faces is characterized in that a carrying car 1 is provided with a support II and a turn table, the support II is connected with a fixed arm II, the fixed arm II is connected with a movable arm II in a sleeved mode, the movable arm II is connected with a connecting block II, the connecting block II is connected with a vertical face tool rest, a lifting cylinder II is connected with a carrying car through a base II, the other end of the lifting cylinder II is connected with the fixed arm II in a hinged mode, one end of a telescopic cylinder II is connected with the fixed arm II, the other end of the telescopic cylinder II is connected with the movable arm II, a support I is fixedly arranged in the turn table, a support movable arm is connected in the support I in a sleeved mode, one end of a lifting cylinder I is fixedly connected with the support I, the other end of the lifting cylinder I is connected with the support movable arm, the support movable arm is connected with the fixed arm I, one end of the fixed arm I is connected with a balancing weight, the other end of the fixed arm I is connected with the movable arm I in a sleeved mode, one end of a telescopic cylinder I is connected with the fixed arm I, the other end of the telescopic cylinder I is connected with the movable arm I, one end of a connecting block I is connected with the movable arm I, and the other end of the connecting block I is connected with a horizontal face tool rest. Due to the fact that the high-efficiency vehicular hedge clipper with the two clipping faces has two clipping faces, clipping operation of two directions can be carried out at the same time, and working efficiency is high.

A programmable viticulture management system includes a mechanized device for removing excess undesired portions of plants advances through a vineyard to perform control operations on two rows or half-rows of grape vines simultaneously. Accessories mount to the mechanized device and include various engagement members for engaging the vines. A control system automatically varies the velocity of the engagement members in relation to the vehicle speed. The control system also receives various inputs and provides information on multiple growth control practices.

A vehicle-mounted arm type spherical crown hedge automatic rotor cut molding device uses for trimming green belt in motorway and urban road. The device is arranged on a vehicular hedge trimer and comprises a cantilever which is placed in right above of spherical crown hedge with 3D, a central rotator installed on the cantilever and an arc group spherical crown header which is suspended on the central rotator and rotates around a main rotating shaft. The device is characterized in that the arc group spherical crown header comprises a central trapezoid knife rest fixed in below of a main rotator support, at least a group adjustable monocase trapezoid knife rest hinged with right and left adjacent trapezoid knife rest, at least a group extension-type monocase trapezoid knife rest adjacent arranged with the adjustable monocase trapezoid knife rest, a monocase cutting knife assembly connected in below of each monocase trapezoid knife rest and at least a group poking chain assembly fixed on the trapezoid knife rest. The device and the vehicular hedge trimer form a complete set and can finish pruning work of bigger hedge spherical crown, efficiency of the device and the vehicular hedge trimer is ten times of hand pruning work.

The invention discloses a hedgerow trimming cutter overload protection device. The hedgerow trimming cutter overload protection device comprises a cutter rest, a hinge rod and a pre-tensioning rod assembly, wherein a trimming cutter is mounted on the cutter rest; the rear end of the hinge rod is fixedly connected with the right end of the cutter rest and extends towards the front portion of the cutter rest, and the front end of the hinge rod is hinged to the left end of a base provided with a support through a first rotating shaft; the pre-tensioning rod assembly is provided with a pressure spring, one end of the pre-tensioning rod assembly is hinged to the front end of the hinge rod through a second rotating shaft, and the other end of the pre-tensioning rod assembly is hinged to the right end of the base through a third rotating shaft. The hedgerow trimming cutter overload protection device is also provided with an obstacle avoidance device which not only can provide overload protection for the cutter but also can prevent the cutter from colliding with an obstacle, and is simple in structure and high in safety.