Garlic trimmer

Claim 1

A GARLIC TRIMMER FOR TRIMMING THE ROOTS AND STEMS FROM GARLIC BULBS COMPRISING; (A) A ROW OF SPACED GARLIC HOLDERS RESPECTIVELY ADAPTED TO SUPPORT THEREIN GARLIC BULBS OF DIFFERENT LENGTH ROOT-STEM DIAMETERS FOR MOVEMENT OF SAID BULBS THEREWITH IN ONE DIRECTION ALONG A PATH OF TRAVEL EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID ROW; (B) MEANS SUPPORTING SAID HOLDERS FOR SAID MOVEMENT; (C) MEANS CONNECTED WITH SAID HOLDERS FOR MOVING THEM ALONG SAID PATH; (D) EACH OF SAID HOLDERS HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSED GARLIC BULB ENGAGING MEMBERS BETWEEN WHICH EACH GARLIC BULB IS ADAPTED TO BE HELD DURING SAID MOVEMENT OF SAID HOLDERS AND EACH PAIR OF SAID MEMBERS BEING IN ALIGNMENT WITH EACH OTHER ALONG A LINE AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID PATH; (E) ONE MEMBER OF EACH PAIR THEREOF BEING ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE STEM END OF A GARLIC BULB POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID PAIR AND (F) THE OTHER MEMBER OF EACH PAIR THEREOF BEING ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE ROOT END OF A GARLIC BULB POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID PAIR; (G) SAID PAIR OF MEMBERS BEING FORMED WITH ALIGNED OPENINGS THROUGH WHICH THE STEM AND ROOTS OF A GARLIC BULB THAT IS HELD BETWEEN SAID PAIR ARE ADAPTED TO PROJECT TO OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID HOLDER; (H) MEANS SUPPORTING SAID ONE MEMBER OF EACH PAIR FOR MOVEMENT OF DIFFERENT DISTANCES TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID OTHER MEMBER FOR HOLDING GARLIC BULBS OF DIFFERENT STEM-ROOT DIAMETERS BETWEEN THE MEMBERS OF EACH SUCH PAIR; (I) A CUTTER FOR TRIMMING THE STEMS FROM GARLIC BULBS CARRIED BY SAID HOLDERS; (J) MEANS SUPPORTING SAID CUTTER AT THE SIDE OF SAID ROW ADJACENT TO SAID ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF EACH PAIR IN A POSITION FOR TRIMMING THE STEMS FROM SAID GARLIC BULBS AS THE LATTER ARE CARRIED ALONG SAID PATH AND PAST SAID CUTTER, AND FOR MOVEMENT OF SAID CUTTER TRANSVERSELY OF SAID PATH TO A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE FROM SAID ONE MEMBER UPON EACH HOLDER BEING MOVED PAST SAID CUTTER WHEREBY THE STEM OF EACH GARLIC BULB WILL BE TRIMMED OFF AT A UNIFORM DISTANCE FROM EACH BULB; AND (K) MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID CUTTER WITH SAID ONE MEMBER FOR SAID MOVEMENT OF SAID CUTTER TO SAID PREDETERMINED DISTANCE AS EACH MEMBER PASSES SAID CUTTER.