Mechanical salad paring method, involves cutting ends of salad leaves, grouped without excessive pressure in salad`s enclosed position, using cutting unit e.g. electric knife, controlled by data of salad taken and stored by vision device

摘要

The method involves maintaining a salad by enclosing it for grouping its leaves without excessive pressure. An image of the salad in enclosed position is taken and stored using a vision device (6). The ends of the leaves of the salad, in enclosed position, are cut using a cutting unit (71) e.g. electric knife, of a cutting device (7), controlled by a logical processing unit. The processing unit has units for reading the data stored by the device (6). The unit (71) permits to cut the salad with three cuts, where one is orthogonal and other two cuts are inclined to the salad. Independent claims are also included for the following: (1) a non-continuous salad paring installation (2) a device for supporting the salad (3) a vision device (4) a plant cutting device.