Tobacco harvesting apparatus

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR HANDLING HAND PICKED TOBACCO LEAVES COMPRISING A MOBILE UNIT, A FIRST SUPPORT MEANS FOR LOADING TOBACCO RACKS WITH TOBACCCO LEAVES DETACHABLY MOUNTABLE ON SAID MOBILE UNIT, A PLURALITY OF TOBACCO RACKS EACH COMPRISING A PAIR OF ELONGATED SECTIONS HINGEDLY CONNECTED AT ONE END AND HAVING MUTUALLY SECURING MEANS AT THE OPPOSITE END THEREOF, EACH OF SAID TOBACCO RACKS HAVING MEANS FOR ATTACHING A PLURALITY OF TOBACCO LEAVES, SAID FIRST SUPPORT MEANS HAVING RETAINER MEANS FOR RETAINING A FIRST SECTION OF ONE OF SAID TOBACCO RACKS WHEN IN THE OPEN POSITION AND THE SECOND RACK SECTION IS DISPOSED OUT OF THE RETAINER MEANS AND MOVABLE TOWARD SAID FIRST RACK SECTION, ACTUATING MEANS ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID FIRST RACK SECTION WHEN DISPOSED IN SAID RETAINER MEANS FOR MOVING SAID FIRST SECTION TOWARD THE SECOND RECK SECTION TO THE CLOSES POSITION WHEN A PLURALITY OF TOBACCO LEAVES HAVE BEEN PLACED ON SAID FIRST SUPPORT MEANS ACROSS SAID RETAINER MEANS, BETWEEN SAID RACK SECTIONS, AND SAID SECOND SECTION SIMULTANEOUSLY IS SWUNG TOWARD SAID FIRST SECTION TO THE CLOSED POSITION WHEREBY SAID TOBACCO LEAVES ARE ATTACHED TO SAID RACK AND SECOND SUPPORT MEANS DISPOSED WITHIN SAID MOVABLE UNIT FOR STORING A PLURALITY OF SAID TOBACCO RACKS LOADED WITH TOBACCO LEAVES.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR HANDLING HAND PICKED TOBACCO LEAVES COMPRISING A MOBILE UNIT, A FIRST SUPPORT MEANS FOR LOADING TOBACCO RACKS WITH TOBACCCO LEAVES DETACHABLY MOUNTABLE ON SAID MOBILE UNIT, A PLURALITY OF TOBACCO RACKS EACH COMPRISING A PAIR OF ELONGATED SECTIONS HINGEDLY CONNECTED AT ONE END AND HAVING MUTUALLY SECURING MEANS AT THE OPPOSITE END THEREOF, EACH OF SAID TOBACCO RACKS HAVING MEANS FOR ATTACHING A PLURALITY OF TOBACCO LEAVES, SAID FIRST SUPPORT MEANS HAVING RETAINER MEANS FOR RETAINING A FIRST SECTION OF ONE OF SAID TOBACCO RACKS WHEN IN THE OPEN POSITION AND THE SECOND RACK SECTION IS DISPOSED OUT OF THE RETAINER MEANS AND MOVABLE TOWARD SAID FIRST RACK SECTION, ACTUATING MEANS ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID FIRST RACK SECTION WHEN DISPOSED IN SAID RETAINER MEANS FOR MOVING SAID FIRST SECTION TOWARD THE SECOND RECK SECTION TO THE CLOSES POSITION WHEN A PLURALITY OF TOBACCO LEAVES HAVE BEEN PLACED ON SAID FIRST SUPPORT MEANS ACROSS SAID RETAINER MEANS, BETWEEN SAID RACK SECTIONS, AND SAID SECOND SECTION SIMULTANEOUSLY IS SWUNG TOWARD SAID FIRST SECTION TO THE CLOSED POSITION WHEREBY SAID TOBACCO LEAVES ARE ATTACHED TO SAID RACK AND SECOND SUPPORT MEANS DISPOSED WITHIN SAID MOVABLE UNIT FOR STORING A PLURALITY OF SAID TOBACCO RACKS LOADED WITH TOBACCO LEAVES.