Center-loading harvester

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1994-07-05

1997-02-04

Keenan, James W.

Material or article handling

Self-loading or unloading vehicles

Successive handling means

414460, 414486, 414551, 414555, B60P 150

Patent

active

055991572

ABSTRACT:
The invention provides a center-line loading harvester that can: 1) drive up to a filled fruit picker's tub; 2) lift the tub and transfer its contents to a hopper from whence a conveyor moves the fruit to a larger dump bin; 3) place the tub back on the ground; and 4) drive over the tub without damaging it or moving it appreciably from a desired location at which it was "spotted". The apparatus of the invention also provides a tub-holding magazine on the harvester that can both: 1) pick empty tubs off the ground and store them in a stack; and 2) take empty tubs from a stack and spot them on the ground.

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