Harvesters – Fruit gatherer
Patent
1977-10-27
1980-07-15
Eskovitz, Jay N.
Harvesters
Fruit gatherer
56329, A01D 4600
Patent
active
042121485
ABSTRACT:
A multiple purpose machine for cultivating and harvesting fruit bearing trees having a construction suitable for straddling a row of trees and performing various operations on the trees enclosed therein while continuously moving along a tree row. The agriculture machine is so designed to perform the operations of insecticide and fertilizer spraying, trimming, abscission spraying and harvesting. The fruit harvesting machine comprises an enclosure having two side portions disposed in surrounding relationship to the tree. In the interior of the enclosure, two oppositely disposed rows of fans are offset relative to the tree on either side of the tree so that the air blasts coming from the fan creates a whipping effect around the tree. Interrupting the air blast are vanes which are disposed in a varying angle relative to the air blast to create an oscillating effect on the tree. Hydraulic extenders are connected to the wheels allowing the machine to level its base. Further attachments connected to the interior of the enclosure include sprayers, trimmers and a fruit transportation system.
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