Title: Tobacco lathing and spacing machine

Abstract: A machine for automatically inserting a lath through the stems of tobacco plants while maintaining a fixed spacing between the plants. The spacing can be preset over a continuous wide range. The plants are steered to the point of a spear by a guide which withdraws or advances two arms an equal amount on each side of a spear, thus always keeping the plant centered. The plants are skewered by the spear, which contains a lath in a hollow core, and slid over the spear to be deposited over the lath.

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Inventors: Thielen, Ernest M. (Richmond, MN, US)

Application Number: 564661
Filing Date: 1975-04-02
Publication_date: 1976-12-14
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Primary Class(es): 414/26 56/27.5, 294/5.5
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US Patent Ref:

3798884

Mar, 1974

Middleton

56/27.

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Spar, Robert J.
Assistant Examiner: Abraham, George F.
Attorney: Jacobson; Donald A.