TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to apparatus for cutting weeds and herbs that
allows cutting of varying sized herbs without any human touch, thereby
maintaining any medicinal properties present in the herbs.
BACKGROUND ART
[0002] The varying sized plants especially the medicinal plants such as herbs are
required to be handled with utmost care. These herbs are mostly used by people in
their daily routine as a part of their food such as mint, tea leaves, etc. The herbs
have various effective medicinal properties and aid in providing relief from health
problems by applying on the body parts or consuming to relieve from problems
such as cough, cold, etc. These herbs are also considered as immunity boosters
and consumed in a direct or indirect form by adding them to food and drinks such
as dips, tea, etc.
[0003] The herbs provide best results when used in their fresh stage and hence
people prefer cutting the herbs when required. The process of cutting such herbs is
carried out either directly by hands or via certain tools such as knife, scissors, etc.
Cutting the herbs by hands sometimes leads to uprooting of the herbs that destroys
the plant and eliminates any chances of regrowth. Hence, the tools are preferred
over manual cutting by hands. Although, these tools are beneficial for cutting the
desired amount of herbs whenever needed, they sometimes cause accidental injuries to hands due to sharp blades of knife or scissors. The injuries in form of cuts or rashes are also caused by the herbs itself due to their sharp leaves or allergy caused by touching the herbs. Also, while cutting the herbs through such
tools, these are handed through hands that leads to loss of medicinal or other
effective properties as they can get crushed or damaged.

[0004] Due to various disadvantages faced while cutting of the herbs by conventional tools, various apparatuses and tools are available to overcome such challenging situations. Many gloves are available to be worn on the hands while cutting the herbs to prevent any contamination of the herbs. Also, various sharp
cutting tools are found that effectively cut the herbs with reduced pressure and prevents the herms from getting damaged.
[0005] CN204505329U discloses a utility model discloses a kind of reciprocating
medicinal herbs cutter sweep, comprise processing platform, processing platform
is installed with stand, stand is slidably fitted with L shape installing plate and
tool rest, L shape installing plate and tool rest are rotatablely equipped with
eccentric wheel respectively, are installed with cutting knife, eccentric wheel is
connected on tool rest by connecting rod, the two ends of connecting rod are
articulated with on eccentric wheel and tool rest respectively, stand is door shape,
processing platform in the middle part of it is provided with conveyer belt, the
stand in wall of door shape is also installed with guide plate, carries and to be
hinged composition with some stripe board. The utility model structural design is
simple and ingenious, and production and processing efficiency is high, can
ensure the quality of medicine in process, improve the quality of medicine,
decrease defect rate.

[0006] Conventionally, various apparatuses and tools are available for cutting
herbs. However, these apparatuses or tools cause contamination and loss of
medicinal properties of the herbs due to human touch while cutting.
[0007] In order to overcome the aforementioned drawbacks, there exists a need to
develop an apparatus that provides uniform cutting of the herbs without directly
touching the herbs.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION

[0008] The principal object of the present invention is to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art by providing systems and methods for monitoring a
remotely located dam, using several sensors that are configured to relay values of
the environmental, structural, and operational parameters to a remote interface
device.
[0009] An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus that cuts off
herbs with reduced manual efforts (such as scissors, knife, etc.)
[0010] Another object of the present invention is to maintain medicinal properties
of the herbs by eliminating any human touch.
[0011] Another object of the present invention is to ensure uniform cutting of the
herbs that provides ease in further slicing of the herbs.
[0012] The foregoing and other objects of the present invention will become
readily apparent upon further review of the following detailed description of the
embodiments as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0013] The present invention relates to a herbs cutting apparatus that reduces
manual efforts required for cutting of the herbs to eliminate any external injuries
caused on the hands (such as cuts or abrasions).
[0014] According to an embodiment of the present invention, apparatus for
cutting weeds and herbs, comprising a wearable body in form of a glove having
protective layer within the body configured to accommodate a user’s hand, a
primary rod having a locking pin embodied in the body, wherein the rod slides on
a pair of first railing platform affixed on both sides of the wearable body to
achieve desired position (according to size of the hand) that is secured by the
locking pin to ensure suitable grip by the user’s hand, multiple secondary rods
having cutting edges attached at upper portion of the body that is adapted to cut
off herbs based on tilting angle i.e. right angle of the rods and a second railing
platform incorporated with multiple locking bars and linked with the secondary
rods, wherein the bars are unlocked to align the rods together to collect the herbs
after cutting.
[0015] While the invention has been described and shown with particular
reference to the preferred embodiment, it will be apparent that variations might be
possible that would fall within the scope of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0016] So that the manner in which the above-recited features of the present invention can be understood in detail, a more particular description of the invention, briefly summarized above, may have been referred by embodiments, some of which are illustrated in the appended drawings. It is to be noted, however, that the appended drawings illustrate only typical embodiments of this invention and are therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope, for the invention may admit to other equally effective embodiments.
[0017] These and other features, benefits, and advantages of the present invention will become apparent by reference to the following text figure, with like reference numbers referring to like structures across the views, wherein:
[0018] Figure 1 illustrates a perspective view of apparatus for cutting weeds and herbs.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0019] While the present invention is described herein by way of example using embodiments and illustrative drawings, those skilled in the art will recognize that the invention is not limited to the embodiments of drawing or drawings described and are not intended to represent the scale of the various components. Further, some components that may form a part of the invention may not be illustrated in certain figures, for ease of illustration, and such omissions do not limit the embodiments outlined in any way. It should be understood that the drawings and the detailed description thereto are not intended to limit the invention to the particular form disclosed, but on the contrary, the invention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claim.
[0020] As used throughout this description, the word "may" is used in a permissive sense (i.e. meaning having the potential to), rather than the mandatory sense, (i.e. meaning must). Further, the words "a" or "an" mean "at least one” and the word “plurality” means “one or more” unless otherwise mentioned. Furthermore, the terminology and phraseology used herein are solely used for descriptive purposes and should not be construed as limiting in scope. Language such as "including," "comprising," "having," "containing," or "involving," and variations thereof, is intended to be broad and encompass the subject matter listed thereafter, equivalents, and additional subject matter not recited, and is not intended to exclude other additives, components, integers, or steps. Likewise, the term "comprising" is considered synonymous with the terms "including" or "containing" for applicable legal purposes. Any discussion of documents, acts, materials, devices, articles, and the like are included in the specification solely for the purpose of providing a context for the present invention. It is not suggested or represented that any or all these matters form part of the prior art base or were common general knowledge in the field relevant to the present invention.
[0021] In this disclosure, whenever a composition or an element or a group of elements is preceded with the transitional phrase “comprising”, it is understood that we also contemplate the same composition, element, or group of elements with transitional phrases “consisting of”, “consisting”, “selected from the group of consisting of, “including”, or “is” preceding the recitation of the composition, element or group of elements and vice versa.
[0022] The present invention relates to apparatus for cutting weeds and herbs that provides uniform cutting of medicinal plants such as herbs with reduced efforts to ensure the best form of herbs (such as fresh, untouched, etc.) for human use.

[0023] Referring to Figure 1, a perspective view of an apparatus for cutting weeds and herbs is illustrated. The apparatus, comprising a wearable body 100, a primary rod 102 attached to the body 100 via a first railing platform 103, multiple secondary rods 104 attached to the body 100 and a second railing platform 105 coupled with the secondary rods 4.

[0024] The wearable body 100 is in the form of a glove that is worn by a user. The body 100 is embodied with a protective layer in inner portion of the body 100 that accommodates the user’s hand. The body 100 is an outer covering designed to enclose the user’s hand irrespective of the size of the hand.

[0025] The body 100 is made of materials such as stainless steel and can use other materials such as plastic, iron, etc. The protective layer is used to provide comfort to the user’s hand by using soft materials such as a thermosetting elastomer. This material provides support to the user’s hand in order to prevent it from any injury caused due to the hard wearable body 100. An elastic grip is also associated with the protective layer that holds the user’s hand in place to appropriately accommodate the hand. The elastic grip provides a sufficient pressure on the hand to prevent any unwanted movement in the user’s hand.

[0026] The primary rod 102 is present within the wearable body 100. The rod 102 is aligned horizontally in the body 100 to provide grip to the user’s hand. The rod 102 is attached to a pair of first railing platforms 103 that enables slidable movement to the primary rod 102. The rod 102 slides on the first railing platform 103 according to the user’s requirement and obtains a desired position that provides sufficient grip to the hand. The position obtained by the rod 102 is secured by a locking pin attached to the rod 102. The position needs to be secured to prevent any movement of the primary rod 102 that can loosen the grip of the user’s hand.

[0027] The primary rod 102 is a rigid rod that withholds the pressure applied by the hand while gripping. The position that is obtained by slidable movement of the rod 102 depends on the size of user’s hand i.e. the rod 102 is adjusted to fit to the user’s hand when accommodated in the wearable body 100.

[0028] The pair of first railing platforms 3 are affixed on both sides of the primary rod 102 to hold the rod 102 at either ends. The platforms 103 are arranged in the wearable body 100 in a longitudinal arrangement so as to support the movement of the rod 102 in upward and downward directions. The platforms 3 are equipped with multiple slots inbuilt on the surface of the platforms 103 that incorporates the locking pin when the primary rod 102 is positioned according to the required grip.

[0029] The multiple secondary rods 104 are positioned on the upper portion of the wearable body 100. The rods 104 are equipped with cutting edges that are utilized for cutting herbs. The cutting edges of the secondary rods 104 are sharp enough to adequately cut the herbs without applying any extra pressure. The user’s hand within the wearable body 100 enables the functioning of the secondary rods 104 by tilting the rods 104 at a right angle for proper cutting.

[0030] The cutting edges are in the form of toothed structures that cuts off the herbs. The edges are adequately sharp in order to support efficient cutting of the herbs. The rods 104 can be made of hard materials such as iron, stainless steel, etc. that do not bend on facing any external force and provides uniform cutting of the herbs.

[0031] The second railing platform 105 is coupled with the secondary rods 104 within the wearable body 100. The platform 105 is utilized to provide slidable movement to the secondary rods 104 when needed. The movement of secondary rods 104 is controlled by multiple locking bars attached to the second railing platform 105. The bars secure the position of the rods 104 while cutting the herbs. The bars are unlocked in order to collectively align the secondary rods 104 together to gather the herbs after cutting.

[0032] A button 106 is associated with the wearable body 100 that is utilized for locking or unlocking of the secondary rods 104 through the locking bars. The button 106 is pressed manually to unlock the secondary rods 104 by withdrawing the locking bars. This withdrawal of the bars provides free movement to the secondary rods 104 on the second railing platform 105. The rods 104 are thus aligned together and the button 106 is released to lock the rods 104 by releasing the bars.

[0033] Another button 107 is associated with the wearable body 100 that is used to provide movement to the secondary rods 104 in upward or downward direction. The button 107 is pressed to extend or retract the secondary rods 104 according to the user’s requirements. The extension and retraction of the rods 104 is carried out via a retractable mechanism.

[0034] The secondary rods 104 are extended to enable cutting as well as collecting the herbs. The wearable body 100 with the secondary rods 104 positioned after retraction can be used for weeding or digging soil. The top portion of the secondary rods 104 when aligned together can form a pointed structure that digs the soil.

[0035] The microcontroller 103 used herein is preferably a Node MCU (microcontroller unit) 103 (ESP8266). ESP8266 Node MCU 103 is equipped with 32 Kb RAM, 80 Kb DRAM and 200 Kb Flash Memory. ESP8266 Node MCU 103 has Pin D0 to Pin D10 Digital Pins, 12 PWM (Pulse width modulation) Pins, A0 Analog Pin. The ESP8266 Node MCU has total 17 GPIO pins. These pins is assigned to all sorts of peripheral duties, including one 10-bit ADC channel, two No. of UART interface which are used to load code serially, four PWM pins for dimming LEDs or controlling motors, SPI and I2C interface to hook up all sorts of sensors and peripherals, I2S interface for adding sound to project. ESP8266 has pin multiplexing feature (Multiple peripherals multiplexed on a single GPIO pin).
[0036] According to an alternative embodiment of the present invention, a battery operated weighing scale may be inbuilt in the frame. The scale can be used to measure the quantity of herbs after cutting that helps in cutting only the desired amount. The weighing scale can be positioned on inner portion of the frame corresponding to palm of the user’s hand.
[0037] According to another alternative embodiment, a storing chamber may be equipped with the frame. The chamber can be used to store the herbs after cutting in order to maintain the freshness of the herbs. The chamber can be utilized to cut and carry the herbs while moving within places.
[0038] According to another alternative embodiment, a water storage may be attached to the wearable body directly or via a pipe. The water can be sprayed on the herbs that require water after cutting of the herbs has been performed.
[0001] Further, while one or more operations have been described as being performed by or otherwise related to certain modules, devices or entities, the operations may be performed by or otherwise related to any module, device or entity. As such, any function or operation that has been described as being performed by a module could alternatively be performed by a different server, by the cloud computing platform, or a combination thereof.
[0002] In general, the word "module," as used herein, refers to logic embodied in hardware or firmware, or to a collection of software instructions, written in a programming language, such as, for example, Java, C, or assembly. One or more software instructions in the modules may be embedded in firmware, such as an EPROM. It will be appreciated that modules may comprised connected logic units, such as gates and flip-flops, and may comprise programmable units, such as programmable gate arrays or processors. The modules described herein may be implemented as either software and/or hardware modules and may be stored in any type of computer-readable medium or other computer storage device.
[0003] Further, while one or more operations have been described as being performed by or otherwise related to certain modules, devices or entities, the operations may be performed by or otherwise related to any module, device or entity. As such, any function or operation that has been described as being performed by a module could alternatively be performed by a different server, by the cloud computing platform, or a combination thereof.
[0004] Further, the operations need not be performed in the disclosed order, although in some examples, an order may be preferred. Also, not all functions need to be performed to achieve the desired advantages of the disclosed system and method, and therefore not all functions are required.
[0005] Various modifications to these embodiments are apparent to those skilled in the art from the description and the accompanying drawings. The principles associated with the various embodiments described herein may be applied to other embodiments. Therefore, the description is not intended to be limited to the 5 embodiments shown along with the accompanying drawings but is to be providing the broadest scope consistent with the principles and the novel and inventive features disclosed or suggested herein. Accordingly, the invention is anticipated to hold on to all other such alternatives, modifications, and variations that fall within the scope of the present invention and appended claims.

We Claim:

1) Apparatus for cutting weeds and herbs, comprising:

i) a wearable body 1 having protective layer within said body 100 configured to accommodate a user’s hand;
ii) a primary rod 102 having a locking pin slidably fitted in said body 100, wherein said rod 102 slides via a pair of first railing platforms 103 to achieve desired position that is secured by said locking pin to ensure suitable grip by said hand;
iii) plurality of secondary rods 104 having cutting edges attached at upper portion of said body 100 that is adapted to cut off herbs based on tilting angle of said rods 104; and
iv) a second railing platform 105 incorporated with multiple locking bars and coupled with the secondary rods 104, wherein said bars are unlocked to align said rods 104 together in order to collect said herbs after cutting.

2) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said body 100 is an outer covering made of material including but not limited to stainless steel.

3) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said protective layer is made of materials such as thermoplastic elastomer.

4) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein an elastic grip is associated with said protective layer that supports said user’s hand to provide appropriate grip while cutting.

5) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first railing platforms 103 are affixed on both sides of said wearable body 100 to hold the ends of said primary rod 102.

6) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said tilting angle is preferably a right angle.

7) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said desired position of said primary rod 102 is selected according to size of said user’s hand.

8) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein a pair of buttons 106, 107 is associated with said body 100 to lock/unlock and to selectively extend/retract said secondary rods 104 during said alignment.

9) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said extension or retraction is fulfilled via a retractable mechanism.