US Patent 11234370 Apparatus for harvesting vegetable crops

Disclosed is a harvesting device for harvesting vegetable crops from the ground, which vegetable crops have a stem and a crown supported by the stem and leaves attached to the stem, said device comprising a frame, a first drive for moving the frame onward over the ground, a cutter for severing the stem, a second drive for the cutter, a stripper for stripping the leaves from the stem, and a third drive for moving the stripper vertically along the stem for in the stripper's strip position stripping the leaves from the stem.