Method of mechanically harvesting tomatoes

Details Method of mechanically harvesting tomatoes Method of mechanically harvesting tomatoes

1975-08-13

1976-11-09

Kinsey, Russell R.

Harvesters

Miscellaneous

56327R, 171 1, 171 14, A01D 4600

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039902170

ABSTRACT:
In a tomato field in which the tomato plants are grown in a plurality of substantially parallel rows an apparatus is advanced along a predetermined one of the rows. The apparatus cuts the tomato plants in the row, carries the cut plants rearwardly and discharges them onto a transverse conveyor. The transverse conveyor transfers and deposits the cut plants laterally onto a parallel row of uncut plants in a row located at a predetermined distance from the row being cut, thereby uniting two rows of plants for subsequent harvesting by a mechanical tomato harvester.
By advancing the apparatus to and fro across the field in a predetermined pattern, an unobstructed avenue is provided for the movement of a bulk trailer accompanying the mechanical tomato harvester in the subsequent harvesting process.
The method and apparatus are also used to advantage in the mechanical harvesting of other row crops, such as melons and the like. Thus, both in the title and elsewhere in the application, wherever the words tomato or tomatoes are used, it is to be understood that the method and apparatus are equally applicable for use with other compatible field crops.

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patent: 3475886 (1969-11-01), Hart
patent: 3492796 (1970-02-01), Lundell
patent: 3911649 (1975-10-01), Scarnato et al.

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