HARVESTING

**Definition:** This place covers:

Methods, apparatus or hand tools for

Separation of useful parts of plants (e.g. seeds, fruits, roots, stalks or leaves) from the remainder of the plants in the place where the plants are grown;

Mowing of plants (e.g. grass or cereals), regardless of whether the intention is to make use of the mown plants or not;

Gathering of whole plants (e.g. root crops or onions) or their useful parts (e.g. fallen fruit) from where the plants grow or from the ground;

Haymaking, i.e. working on mown forage crop lying on the ground with the intention to make hay.

Hand rakes.

Forks

Non-abrasive sharpening devices for scythes, sickles or the like.

Containers for whetstones for use during harvesting.

Machines specially adapted for binding of harvested hay, straw or similar crops in the field.

Arrangements for making or setting of stacks, used in connection with harvesting.

Vehicles specially adapted for carrying harvested crops with means for self-loading or unloading.

**Limiting references (this place does not cover):** - Soil working tools or machines for weeding or thinning -> A01B , A01B1/16 , A01B39/18 , A01B41/00 - Transplanting -> A01C11/00 , A01G23/04 - Cutting implements specially adapted for horticultural purposes, e.g. flower shears, fruit shears, secateurs or hedge shears -> A01G3/00 - Delimbing of standing trees -> A01G3/00 - Machines for cutting sods or turf from lawns or meadows -> A01G20/12 - Uprooting or felling of trees -> A01G23/02 - Tapping of tree juices -> A01G23/10 - Apparatus for destruction of unwanted vegetation -> A01M21/00

**Glossary:** - Combine (noun): Harvester or mower combined with a threshing device. - Fork: Hand tool having two or more tines that are used for lifting, digging or pitching. - Harvest (verb): Perform one of the methods defined in the definition statement in order to make use of the separated, mown or gathered plant material. - Hay: Mown forage crop in a dry or partially dry state. - Haymaking: Working on mown forage crop lying on the ground with the intention to make hay. - Mow (verb): Cut down grass, cereals or other standing plants. - Thresh (verb): Separate grains or seeds from harvested plants or plant parts (e.g. cereals, maize/corn, peas, beans or pine cones) by mechanical action (e.g. shaking, stamping, rubbing, beating or applying intermittent pressure). - Plant: Any of a kingdom (Plantae) of multicellular eukaryotic mostly photosynthetic organisms typically lacking locomotive movement or obvious nervous or sensory organs and possessing cellulose cell walls.