Pneumatic fruit decelerator apparatus and method

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2011-04-19

2011-04-19

Fábián-Kovács, Árpád (Department: 3671)

Harvesters

Fruit gatherer

C056S332000

Reexamination Certificate

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07926252

ABSTRACT:
A decelerator apparatus for mounting at the end of a pneumatic fruit harvesting or delivery tube. The decelerator comprises a housing with a moving decelerator body aligned with a fruit-receiving inlet connected to the pneumatic delivery tube. The decelerator body, for example a padded rotating wheel, moves at a speed slower than the speed at which the fruit is pneumatically delivered into the housing, and further defines a compressive deceleration path that moves the fruit in a compressive but protective fit toward a housing exit, releasing the fruit after the fruit has been decelerated to the speed of the moving body.

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International Search Authority (ISA/US), International Search Report and Written Opinion, May 14, 2010, 7 pages, ISA/US, U.S.

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