Electronic cotton chopper

Claim 1

AN ELECTRONIC COTTON CHOPPER ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED ON A TRACTOR VEHILCE OR THE LIKE COMPRISING, MOUNTING MEANS PROJECTING FORWARDLY OF A VEHICLE FOR MOVEMENT IN PARALLEL SPACED RELATION TO ROWS OF PLANTS, PLANT CUTTER MEANS MOVABLY MOUNTED BY THE VEHICLE IN LATERALLY SPACED RELATION TO A PLANT ROW ON OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF FOR DISPLACEMENT ARCOSS THE ROW, PLANT DETECTING MEANS MOUNTED ON THE MOUNTING MEANS FORWARDLY OF THE CUTTER MEANS FOR SENSING PLANTS A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE FORWARDLY OF THE CUTTER MEANS, SPACING CONTROL MEANS MOUNTED ON THE MOUNTING MEANS AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE DETECTING MEANS FOR INITIATING OVERLAPPING OPERATIVE CYCLES IN RESPONSE TO SAID SENSING OF PLANTS BY THE DETECTING MEANS, AND CUTTER OPERATING MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE CUTTER MEANS AND THE SPACING CONTROL MEANS FOR SEQUENTIAL DISPLACEMENT OF THE CUTTER MEANS DURING EACH OF SAID OVERLAPPING CYCLES TO CHOP PLANTS FORWARDLY AND REARWARDLY OF SELECTED PLANTS IN THE ROW, SAID CUTTER MEANS COMPRISING, A PAIR OF INDEPENDENTLY DISPLACEABLE PLANT CHOPPER ASSEMBLIES DISPOSED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID ROW AND SAPCED FROM EACH OTHER IN A FORWARD DIRECTION A DISTANCE EXCEEDING A SINGLE PLANT BUT LESS THAN TWO PLANTS.