Nut harvester

Details Nut harvester Nut harvester

1983-07-18

1985-02-19

Swiatek, Robert P.

Harvesters

Fruit gatherer

56 165, 15345, A01D 5100

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active

044997132

ABSTRACT:
Nuts on the ground are propelled by an air jet issuing from one tubular branch of a hand-held nut harvester into an opposing conveyor branch where the nuts are lifted until they strike a deflector in a separator chamber. Deflected nuts descend from the separator chamber to an attached collection receptacle. Debris entrained with nuts in the conveyor branch of the harvester is subjected to a venturi action produced by convex and concave spoon-like elements in the throat of the separator chamber immediately beyond the nut deflector and is swept through a rear downturned debris conduit or horn. The harvester can clear itself of debris through operation of an air stream diverter valve which diverts most of the harvesting air stream produced by a back-pack blower on a reverse path through the conveyor branch of the harvester.

REFERENCES:
patent: 498133 (1893-05-01), Mauermann
patent: 3495932 (1970-02-01), Tuma
patent: 3733797 (1973-05-01), Kelley
patent: 3808785 (1974-05-01), Petcher
patent: 4300261 (1981-11-01), Woodward et al.

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