Fruit harvester

Details Fruit harvester Fruit harvester

1990-09-20

1991-12-31

Melius, Terry L.

Harvesters

Fruit gatherer

Berry strippers

563401, A01D 4626

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050760475

ABSTRACT:
A cranberry harvester has a array of vertically oscillatable tines extending forward and over a ground roller. The roller pulls the vines through the tine array, stripping the berries, without damaging the vines or jamming the tines. Round upwardly curved tapered tines pivoted on a transverse bar are independently oscillated by a transverse camshaft to disentangle the vines effectively. Fruit is removed through a suction duct to a storage bin. The cranberry harvester is conveniently mounted on either a center articulated self propelled chassis, or a unitary self propelled chassis.

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H. Willett & Associates, Fresh Fruit Harvesting & Handling Project, Jeanerette, LA, 1989, pp. 1 to 28 (All).

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