#infaco — Public Fediverse posts

I hadn't realised that modern electric secateurs were invented in France in 1984. The company is now called Infaco and is still making them.
https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/occitanie/tarn/albi/40-ans-apres-la-creation-du-premier-secateur-electrique-pour-soulager-les-tendinites-des-viticulteurs-cette-entreprise-continue-a-innover-3082801.html

Their web site has a short history of pruning devices, which is interesting...
https://www.infaco.com/en/nouveautes-news/article-the-short-history-of-the-secateur/

However, I see that someone filed a patent for an electric pruning device in 1929, so the idea is not new!
https://patents.google.com/patent/US1786625A/en

#Pruning #Secateurs #History #Infaco