The present disclosure relates to a cutting device with a blade moving in parallel, a moving method and a plant trimmer. By the structural device, the round blade can be adjusted to be kept in vertical rising and dropping, and is always kept in parallel to the cutting mesh. By an adjustment knob, an adjustment screw is driven to rotate by a flexible shaft, so that the movable blade holder moves up and down, which completes the adjustment of the round blade in a visible region of the equipment.

A pruning machine (12) for pruning vegetation growing on generally horizontal support wires. The pruning machine (12) includes a vertical shaft (22) mounted for rotation and at least one blade assembly (26) mounted on the shaft (22). The blade assembly (26) includes a plurality of blades (30) mounted to rotate with the shaft (22). The shaft (22) is threaded at least in the region where the blade assembly (26) is mounted. The vertical position of the blade assembly (26) on the shaft (22) is adjustable by an adjustment nut (56) which threadably engages the shaft (22) below the blade assembly (26) and which during adjustment, bears against the underneath of the blade assembly (26) so that rotation of the nut (56) upwardly of the shaft (22) raises the blade assembly (26) and rotation of the nut (56) downwardly allows the blade assembly to lower.

A detection device for metal stakes in a wire-trained plant-crop hedge having at least one detector configured to generate a detection signal when it passes next to a metal stake of the hedge wherein the metal stake detector has a first and a second metal detector arranged for generating respectively a first and a second measurement signal when they pass next to one of the metal stakes of the hedge. The first and second metal detectors are mechanically secured to each other in movement and arranged for being spaced vertically relative to each other. The detection device has an electronic management unit for the detection signals, configured for, upon detection of a temporal offset between the maximum variation levels of the first and second measurement signals, generating a signal indicating an inclined state of the metal stake.

A multipurpose machine for cultivating trees, comprising an inverted U-shape structure that enables the machine to pass over existing trees or fruit trees to carry out pruning, disinfection or fruit picking tasks, provided at the bottom with wheels, driven by at least one motor that autonomously facilitates the movement thereof, and respective upper frames that telescopically couple to each other, being driven by means of respective cylinders to move the portion of the structure on the right with respect to the one on the left in order to vary the width of the machine. Likewise, the machine has the ability to raise or lower the upper structure of the same to adapt it to the height of the trees to be cultivated.

System for hedge pruning and method for making and using the same. An exemplary system for hedge pruning includes a mounting assembly for connecting to a mobile platform, the mounting assembly defining a pivot point region thereon, a cutting arm rotatably coupled to the mounting assembly at the pivot point region. And a blade assembly connected to an end region of the cutting arm such that the blade assembly prunes a hedge along an arc defined based upon rotation of the cutting arm about the pivot point region. Advantageously, the system provides an ability to discriminate selected plants in a hedge to improve grove health and exploit alternate bearing nature of certain groves, resulting in a more consistent production each year. Differentiated treatment can be provided within a row of the plants while pruning the hedges in an automated manner that is more efficient than manual pruning.

System for hedge pruning and method for making and using the same. An exemplary system for hedge pruning includes a mounting assembly for connecting to a mobile platform, the mounting assembly defining a pivot point region thereon, a cutting arm rotatably coupled to the mounting assembly at the pivot point region. And a blade assembly connected to an end region of the cutting arm such that the blade assembly prunes a hedge along an arc defined based upon rotation of the cutting arm about the pivot point region. Advantageously, the system provides an ability to discriminate selected plants in a hedge to improve grove health and exploit alternate bearing nature of certain groves, resulting in a more consistent production each year. Differentiated treatment can be provided within a row of the plants while pruning the hedges in an automated manner that is more efficient than manual pruning.

The present invention is relative to the agricultural sector and more specifically in the field of fruit growing.

In recent years, the agricultural sector has undergone significant developments, often due to the need to meet the demands of the production of products that can meet certain standards, including, for example, in fruit production, the size of the fruit produced, which is often recognized as a quality parameter, as well as the quantity and availability of the fruit itself, which should remain as constant as possible over the years.

In particular in the sector it is known that it is important in this sense the thinning out of flowers and/or small fruits that is carried out. One purpose of this invention is to describe an innovative device suitable for the purpose.

A vine or cane pruning apparatus, comprising a toothed wheel for guiding the pruning apparatus over vegetation in use, the wheel comprising a multiplicity of generally radially projecting teeth distributed about the periphery of the wheel for catching vegetation between gaps of the teeth, and wherein the wheel rotates by consequence of its engagement with the vegetation and vine or cane posts as the apparatus is driven along a row of vines or canes for pruning; and a driven rotary cutter mounted co-axially to the wheel for cutting vegetation caught between the teeth, the cutter being configured such that its effective cutting area falls within the diameter of the wheel.

Agricultural equipment for the removal of suckers that shoot from vine, plant or tree trunks. The equipment comprising an elongate, vertically oriented shaft (21) which has a plurality of cord connection points (26) spaced along its length. The cord connection points (26) are operable to releasably connect a flexible cord (27) to the shaft (21) for the purpose of adjusting the height of cords (27) connected to the shaft (21) to suit the height or length of the trunk being treated. A plurality of cords (27) are connected to the shaft (21) to at least some of the cord connection points (26), and a driving arrangement (25) is provided for driving the shaft (21) to rotate about its longitudinal axis.

System for hedge pruning and method for making and using the same. An exemplary system for hedge pruning includes a mounting assembly for connecting to a mobile platform, the mounting assembly defining a pivot point region thereon, a cutting arm rotatably coupled to the mounting assembly at the pivot point region. And a blade assembly connected to an end region of the cutting arm such that the blade assembly prunes a hedge along an arc defined based upon rotation of the cutting arm about the pivot point region. Advantageously, the system provides an ability to discriminate selected plants in a hedge to improve grove health and exploit alternate bearing nature of certain groves, resulting in a more consistent production each year. Differentiated treatment can be provided within a row of the plants while pruning the hedges in an automated manner that is more efficient than manual pruning.