Harvesters – Fruit gatherer – Berry strippers
Patent
1998-07-23
2000-06-20
Lillis, Eileen Dunn
Harvesters
Fruit gatherer
Berry strippers
563281, 56DIG19, A01D 4600
Patent
active
060763434
ABSTRACT:
A harvester especially for grape harvesting that has a picking head which includes a support frame and picking rods of fingers to contact the leaves and stems in the canopy of a grape vine to thereby shake the vines to remove grapes. The picking head includes one or more oscillation aims pivotably connected to the support frame on a respective pivot axis to allow oscillation about the respective pivot axis. The oscillation arms are pivotably connected with a respective picking rod or ringer support by a connection, so that the respective picking rod support is driven by the oscillation arm to oscillate in a picking direction. An oscillation flywheel is mounted on the oscillation are to impart an oscillating moment on the oscillation arm and the oscillation flywheel connected solely with the one or each of the oscillation arms.
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Hartmann Gary S.
Lillis Eileen Dunn
U.R. Machinery (Sales) Pty. Ltd.
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