Fruit picker

Details Fruit picker Fruit picker

1977-03-03

1978-06-20

Kinsey, Russell R.

Harvesters

Fruit gatherer

Pole supported

A01D 4624

Patent

active

040953998

ABSTRACT:
A hand-held fruit picker comprises an elongated, rigid tube which has one open inlet end and an outlet end closed by a spring-biased, pivotally movable cover. A pair of knives are mounted adjacent the inlet end of the tube. In the rest position the knives are disposed at an angle relative to each other. To detach fruit, one of the knives is pivoted to close with the other knife, thereby severing the fruit stem. The fruit drops into the tube where it is stored until it is discharged through the outlet end after the cover has been removed therefrom. A pair of handles are attached to the exterior of the tube: one handle includes a lever for actuating the movement of the pivotable knife, and the other handle includes a lever for actuating the movement of the cover from the closed to the open position of the outlet end. Force transmitting means convert the action of one lever into a movement of the knife, and the action of the other lever into a movement of the cover. The return of the knife to its rest position, and the replacement of the cover as a closure of the outlet end are effected through the medium of spring forces.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1158158 (1915-10-01), Angeski
patent: 1187214 (1916-06-01), Wible
patent: 2661587 (1953-12-01), Bullock
patent: 2746232 (1956-05-01), Ossino
patent: 2925701 (1960-02-01), Fitzgerald

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