US Patent Issued to VDL ETG PROJECTS on Feb. 17 for "Tool, device and procedure for the automated separation of a branch" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,827, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to VDL ETG PROJECTS B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Tool, device and procedure for the automated separation of a branch" was invented by Harrie Schonewille (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Stefanus Joseph Poppelaars (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a tool, device comprising such a tool and a method using such a device for the automated separation of a branch of a plant. The tool comprises a frame, a first separating body, a first displacement unit for moving the first separating body to and fro with respect to the frame between a start position and an end p...