Tomato plant harvesting apparatus

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1975-04-07

1976-07-13

Eskovitz, J.N.

Unearthing plants or buried objects

Removable or alternate collection receptacles

53391, 171 25, 171 61, 214518, A01D 1912

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ABSTRACT:
A plant picking and boxing apparatus is mounted on a wheeled frame and includes an engine for driving the wheeled frame by a hydraulic system. Parallel mounted endless belts are supported on the frame and grip tomato plants, or the like planted in rows, and transport the plants into a loading mechanism. The plant roots are cleaned by rotatable, flexible flaps hitting the roots of the plants being transported between the parallel belts. The loading box has microswitch to determine when it is filled and ready for shifting to a second box, and to allow the plants to be pushed from the loading box into a packaging container where they can be placed on a conveyor and be conveyed to a closing platform on the wheeled frame.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1426767 (1922-08-01), Pettengill
patent: 3106249 (1963-10-01), Zackery
patent: 3743024 (1973-07-01), Mayo et al.
patent: 3889824 (1975-06-01), Wood

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