Harvesters – Fruit gatherer – Berry strippers
Patent
1973-02-08
1977-12-20
Kinsey, Russell R.
Harvesters
Fruit gatherer
Berry strippers
A01D 4600
Patent
active
040634060
ABSTRACT:
A harvesting machine for harvesting produce, especially grapes, from a row of plants comprising a frame movable alongside said row of plants, first and second modules on said frame located in straddling relationship to said row of plants, shaker arms extending toward said plants from said modules, a first linkage for oscillating said shaker arms so as to shake produce from said plants, a second linkage for selectively coupling said modules for coupled rectilinear rolling movement on said frame transversely of said row of plants as required by the contour of said row or for permitting independent rectilinear rolling movement of each module independently of the other transversely of the row of plants, first adjusters for selectively varying the spacing between the modules in either of the foregoing conditions, first adjusters for varying the biasing force with which the modules are urged toward said row of plants, and third adjusters for selectively varying the inclination of said modules and the shaker arms carried thereby relative to the vertical. In addition, structure is provided for varying the spacing between the modules and varying their inclination from a remote position. The foregoing features may be incorporated into a harvester either singly or in combination, where they are not mutually exclusive.
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Chisholm-Ryder Company, Inc.
Gastel Joseph P.
Kinsey Russell R.
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