Conveyors: fluid current – Ambulant or portable – Vehicle mounted
Patent
1991-04-12
1993-04-27
Stormer, Russell D.
Conveyors: fluid current
Ambulant or portable
Vehicle mounted
406 40, 406191, 406195, 414508, 563281, B60P 160, B65G 5118, B65G 5352, B65G 5354
Patent
active
052056775
ABSTRACT:
A machine for harvesting fruit from trees is provided. The machine includes a supporting vehicle; a hopper mounted on the vehicle; a blower assembly for maintaining a sub-atmospheric pressure in the hopper; an extendable/retractable boom rotatably mounted on the vehicle; a worker-supporting bucket attached to the outer end of the boom; and a conduit system extending from the bucket, through the boom, and into the hopper whereby the fruit may be transferred from the bucket to the hopper. The boom includes inner, middle and outer telescopically slidable boom sections; while the conduit system includes inner, middle and outer telescopically slidable conduit sections. The machine further includes a first deflection-preventing member which is mounted on the inner end of the middle boom section and a second deflection-preventing member mounted on the inner end of the outer boom section. In one embodiment, the second deflection-preventing member includes a pivotally mounted plate-shape main body portion which has an arcuate edge sized to form a cradle for the middle conduit section. In another embodiment, the second deflection-preventing member includes a spool-shaped elastomeric body supported on a shaft. In still another embodiment, the second deflection-preventing member includes a plate-shape main body portion having an arcuate edge sized to form a cradle for the outer conduit section.
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Tree Spacing Studies: how close is close? by J. Fisher, The Citrus Industry, Feb. 1990, pp. 34-44.
Kannofsky James M.
McKenna Kathleen
Stormer Russell D.
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