Harvesters – Fruit gatherer – Pole supported
Patent
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.
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Franz Warren L.
Weiss John
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