Harvesters – Fruit gatherer – Tree shaker
Reexamination Certificate
2005-08-23
2005-08-23
Kovács, Árpád Fábián (Department: 3671)
Harvesters
Fruit gatherer
Tree shaker
Reexamination Certificate
active
06931829
ABSTRACT:
A fruit collection apparatus is for collecting fruit as the fruit is shaken from a tree, and may include a vehicle, and a fruit collector carried by the vehicle. The fruit collector may include a collection conveyor with opposing first and second ends and an exterior conveyor surface extending therebetween for collecting fruit as the fruit is harvested from the tree and advancing the fruit to the second end of this conveyor. The fruit collector may also include an intermediate conveyor having opposing first and second ends and an exterior conveyor surface extending therebetween for receiving fruit from the second or upper end of the collection conveyor. The fruit is advanced to the second end of the second conveyor. In addition, the fruit collector may also include a lifting conveyor which may have lower and upper ends and an interior conveyor surface extending therebetween. This lifting conveyor uses its interior conveyor surface for picking up fruit from the second end of the intermediate conveyor and lifting the fruit upward to the upper end of the lifting conveyor, such as for discharge into a fruit container.
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Chiel David
Suter Michael L.
Zehavi Eitan
Allen Dyer Doppelt Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.
FMC Technologies Inc.
Kovács Árpád Fábián
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