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US 10,743,470 B2Granted
Shaker device for a fruit harvesting unit
AssigneesCNH Industrial America LLC, CQFD Composites
InventorsFrank Chauzu, Daniel H. A. M. Le Nevé
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Abstract
A shaker device including at least one motorized member that is intended to transmit by contact a shaking force to objects to be shaken. The member includes at least one structural insert that is covered by a wear jacket. The structural insert includes a reinforcement included in a matrix that is covered by the jacket. The matrix is based on a material which is different from that of the jacket in that it is adapted to adhere to the reinforcement and to the material of the jacket.
Claims13
A shaker device comprising:
- at least one motorized member configured to transmit by contact a shaking force to objects to be shaken, the at least one motorized member comprising a plurality of structural inserts that are covered by a distinct wear jacket, each of the plurality of structural inserts including a reinforcement included in a matrix that is covered by the jacket, the matrix being based on a plastic material which is of a same chemical nature as a material of the jacket, the plastic material of the matrix adhering to the reinforcement and to the material of the jacket,
- wherein each of the structural inserts has two lobes, respectively a left lobe and a right lobe, the plurality of structural inserts are arranged in the jacket so as to form a discrete vertical stack of left lobes, and a discrete vertical stack of right lobes.
A fruit harvesting unit for a harvesting machine, the unit comprising:
- a straddling chassis delimiting a harvesting tunnel into which plants to be shaken are intended to be introduced successively to move in the tunnel between a front opening and a rear opening of the tunnel;
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- a shaker system comprising two shaker devices disposed on respective sides of the harvesting tunnel to delimit the tunnel transversely, each of the two shaker devices comprising:
- at least one motorized member configured to transmit by contact a shaking force to objects to be shaken, the at least one motorized member comprising a plurality of structural inserts that are covered by a distinct wear jacket, each of the plurality of structural inserts including a reinforcement included in a matrix that is covered by the jacket, the matrix being based on a plastic material which is of a same chemical nature as a material of the jacket, the plastic material of the matrix adhering to the reinforcement and to the material of the jacket,
- wherein each of the structural inserts has two lobes, respectively a left lobe and a right lobe, the plurality of structural inserts are arranged in the jacket so as to form a discrete vertical stack of left lobes, and a discrete vertical stack of right lobes.
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