Fruit decelerator

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1990-06-01

1991-03-19

Britts, Ramon S.

Harvesters

Fruit gatherer

56329, A01D 4600

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active

049999869

ABSTRACT:
A fruit decelerator having a plurality of adjacent resilient rollers able to receive substantial quantities of fruit free-falling a distance of at least four feet without harming the fruit; wherein there are gaps between some of the adjacent rollers; wherein there is a single tier of several side-by-side gaps; wherein the rollers in each gapped pair are counter rotating in the direction of the gap's entrance; wherein the rollers' rotational movement conveys fruit through a fap at a velocity below the impact velocity on the resilient rollers, and places the fruit gently on a conveyor.

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Berlage et al., "Performance of a Mechanical Apple Harvester With Sorting Capability", ASAE Summer Meeting-Paper No. 81-1060, 1981, p. 3.

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