Harvesters – Marine
Patent
1982-09-16
1985-02-26
Mancene, Gene
Harvesters
Marine
56 158, 56 119, 56330, A01D 4628
Patent
active
045011117
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus primarily adapted for removing cranberries from vines in a flooded bog bed includes a self-propelled, wheeled chassis and at least a pair of forwardly mounted, transversely extending reel assemblies. Each reel assembly includes a support frame having a base portion and a pair of arms. A reel is rotatably supported on the arms of the support frame. The reel includes an elongated shaft and a plurality of spaced discs interconnected by rods. A trunnion drive motor is secured to one of the arms and is directly coupled to the shaft to rotate the reel during harvesting operations. The base portion of the frame is pivotally secured to a spindle support arm at a free end thereof. The opposite end of the spindle support arm is pivoted to the wheeled chassis. The reels may pivot about an axis transverse to the base portion of the frame and move vertically to conform to the bog bed. An expansible chamber motor is connected to the spindle support arm to control the pressure the reel exerts on the bed, to raise the reel for cleaning purposes and to pivot the reel to a vertical position about a pivot arm for over-road travel.
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Mancene Gene
Tarnoff David L.
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