US Patent Issued on July 22 for "Asparagus severing assembly with heated valve unit, asparagus lifting apparatus with asparagus spear guides and interfering member, and asparagus harvester formed therewith" (Oregon Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,197, issued on July 22.

"Asparagus severing assembly with heated valve unit, asparagus lifting apparatus with asparagus spear guides and interfering member, and asparagus harvester formed therewith" was invented by William J. Lund (Seaside, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An asparagus harvester includes a chassis movable over a bed of growing asparagus. Spears above a selected height are severed at the ground by a severing assembly. A conveyor receives from a pick-up apparatus and conveys away asparagus spears severed by the severing assembly. The severing assembly includes a severing blade carried by a plunger mounted in a pneum...