Hand-operated fruit picker

Details Hand-operated fruit picker Hand-operated fruit picker

1988-05-05

1989-06-06

Weiss, John

Harvesters

Fruit gatherer

Pole supported

56334, 56332, A01D 4624

Patent

active

048359556

ABSTRACT:
A hand-operated fruit picker having a cage defining a fruit gathering chamber with a fruit receiving frontal opening, an upper concavity and a top central forwardly directed stem slit, and a gate hinged to the cage for movement from a fruit receiving to a fruit clamping position, is provided with an outwardly diverging scoop-like extension formed at the top forward margin of the opening to envelop the lateral members of a fruit cluster, and is further provided with removable chamber and gate linings of resilient tufted material contoured to extend the concavity of the chamber and serving to protect more sensitive and fragile fruits against bruising.

REFERENCES:
patent: 397334 (1889-02-01), Brooks
patent: 721154 (1903-02-01), Clark
patent: 1133381 (1915-03-01), Kellogg
patent: 1968414 (1934-07-01), Melown
patent: 2135354 (1938-11-01), Sammons
patent: 2508805 (1950-05-01), Scott
patent: 4098062 (1978-07-01), Gaubis

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