System for harvesting fruit from citrus trees and for conveying

Details System for harvesting fruit from citrus trees and for conveying System for harvesting fruit from citrus trees and for conveying

1997-12-09

1999-09-28

Will, Thomas B.

Harvesters

Fruit gatherer

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563281, 56330, 56334, 563271, A01D 4622

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059569336

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for harvesting food from plants comprising a housing with drive mechanisms. Such mechanisms are provided with at least one shaft rotatable with respect to the housing about a first axis, each shaft having a plurality of fingers mounted thereon. Further provided are components for linearly reciprocating each shaft along a second axis generally perpendicular with respect to the first axis.

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