Harvesters – Fruit gatherer – Pole supported
Patent
1983-03-14
1984-08-07
Mancene, Gene
Harvesters
Fruit gatherer
Pole supported
56338, 56339, A01D 4624
Patent
active
044635451
ABSTRACT:
An improved apparatus for picking fruit by severing the fruit from an associated stem is disclosed. The apparatus includes an elongate handle for handling and extending the apparatus to reach the fruit. An elongate bracket bar is fastened to the extended end of the handle. A cutting blade is formed at the uppermost end of the bracket bar. A guide-arm is slidably coupled to the bracket bar. A toothed guide-head is attached to the uppermost end of the guide-arm and includes an upper tooth and a spaced lower tooth which define a stem channel through which the stem of the fruit is guided. The sliding action of the guide-arm is controlled by a raising string which elevates the guide-arm to an extending position, and a lowering string which returns the guide-arm to a retracted position. As the guide-arm, hence the fruit positioned in the stem channel, is lowered, the stem contacts the cutting blade of the bracket bar, which results in the severing of the fruit from the associated stem. A storage basket may be attached to the handle for collecting and storing the fruit as it is severed from the stem.
REFERENCES:
patent: 190267 (1877-05-01), Berans
patent: 681203 (1901-08-01), Eddy
patent: 838131 (1906-12-01), Murdoch
Mancene Gene
Tarnoff David I.
Weiss Harry M.
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