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US 11,851,220 B2Granted
System and method for filling a container with fragile fruit
AssigneeHarvest CROO, LLC
InventorsRobert Henry Pitzer, Mark Morrow, Paul Miller, Timothy Vernarsky
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Abstract
A method including transporting fragile fruit into a hopper. The method also includes transferring the fragile fruit from the hopper into a container that is at least partially submerged in a fluid. The method additionally includes raising the container out of the fluid while the fragile fruit are within the container. Other embodiments are described.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- transporting fragile fruit into a hopper;
- transferring the fragile fruit from the hopper into a container that is at least partially submerged in a fluid;
- vibrating the container while the container is at least partially submerged in the fluid and at least part of the fragile fruit is floating in the fluid;
- and
- raising the container out of the fluid while the fragile fruit are within the container.
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A system comprising:
- a hopper configured to receive fragile fruit and transfer the fragile fruit from the hopper into a container;
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- a container lift configured to (i) lower a container to be at least partially submerged in a fluid to receive the fragile fruit in the container and (ii) raise the container out of the fluid while the fragile fruit are in the container,
- wherein the system is configured to vibrate the container while the container is at least partially submerged in the fluid and at least part of the fragile fruit is floating in the fluid.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.