摘要 |
<p>A device for sorting and further handling long-stalked plants, comprising a first conveyor belt, on which said long-stalked plants can be transported past a detection device, wherein the device includes means for sorting the long-stalked plants on the basis of their detected characteristics and supply them to collecting stations, and wherein the device furthermore comprises a number of operating stations for subjecting the collected long-stalked plants to further operations, wherein two or more take-over stations are disposed beside the first conveyor belt for taking over long-stalked plants having the desired characteristics from the conveyor belt, wherein take-over means are disposed above the conveyor belt at each take-over station, which take-over means are movable in transverse direction over the conveyor belt surface so as to supply a long-stalked plant present on the conveyor belt to the take-over station in question, wherein said take-over means can be controlled by a signal from the detection device. <IMAGE></p> |