Harvesters – Fruit gatherer
Patent
1977-12-09
1979-02-27
Kinsey, Russell R.
Harvesters
Fruit gatherer
A01D 4624
Patent
active
041412036
ABSTRACT:
A vertical frame is supported forwardly on a self-propelled mobile frame that includes a longitudinal conveyor. A gathering device is supported by the mobile frame and extends laterally at an inclined slope from the conveyor to direct the harvested fruit onto the conveyor. A shaker mechanism includes a plurality of spaced vertically extending bellcrank levers that are rotatably journaled at their end portions to the vertical frame member. A plurality of horizontally positioned shaker rods are secured in spaced parallel relationship on the levers. The bellcrank levers are linked by eccentric mechanisms to the output shaft of a motor. Rotation of the output shaft rectilinearly orbits the eccentrics in a horizontal plane to oscillate the levers back and forth and horizontally move the shaker rods to compact and vibrate the limbs of the tree and thereby dislodge the fruit from the limbs. A limb separator mounted on the vertical frame member includes a plurality of vertically spaced parallel horizontally extending lifting rods that are supported by a tubular member. A motor mounted on the vertical frame is connected by a chain drive and a gear box to the tubular member and is operable to vertically oscillate the tubular member and the lifting rods. The lifting rods engage the limbs of the tree and exert a lifting force thereupon to separate and divide the limbs to facilitate removal of the fruit from the limbs by the horizontally movable shaker rods.
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Adams John M.
Chisholm-Ryder Company, Inc.
Kinsey Russell R.
Price, Jr,. Stanley J.
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