Harvesters – Fruit gatherer – Pole supported
Patent
1996-08-16
1998-08-04
Melius, Terry Lee
Harvesters
Fruit gatherer
Pole supported
56339, A01D 1100, A01D 4624
Patent
active
057876983
ABSTRACT:
A fruit picker includes a rigid, hollow sleeve having an opening at the top end thereof, and a fruit engaging mechanism connected to the sleeve at the top end for engaging a piece of fruit. The fruit engaging mechanism includes a string attached at one end thereof to a first point on the sleeve, the string passing through a hole provided in the sleeve at a second point which is separated from the first point by a predetermined arcuate distance along a side of the sleeve. The opposite end of the string extends down the outside of the sleeve so that it can be grasped by a user of the fruit picker. The string defines, in conjunction with the side of the sleeve, a variable size opening in which the piece of fruit to be picked is received. The fruit engaging mechanism further includes a biasing mechanism which is slidably attached to the string for biasing the string away from the first and second point so as to increase the size of the variable size opening. After the piece of fruit has passed through the variable size opening, the user pulls on the opposite end of the string to thereby reduce the size of the variable size opening and trap the piece of fruit within the sleeve. Thereafter, downward movement of the sleeve causes the fruit engaging mechanism to sever the piece of fruit from the tree branch.
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