Device for thinning in fruit growing
OwnerGiorgio Iorisinventor
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Abstract
A device (1) for thinning in fruit growing includes at least one support (3) connected to a tube (2) to which are connected to one or More flexible elements/whips (6), the support (3) connected by at least one plate (10) to an operating machine. The tube (2) is connected to at least one air compressor to supply at least air with variable pressure and/or flow rate to the tube (2), the tube (2) being crossed by the flow of air flowing in the one or more flexible elements (6). The flexible elements/whips (6) are hollow and are able to move when crossed by the flow of air, the movement of the whips modulated by compressed air. The whips (6) have a random oscillatory movement for striking the parts to be thinned with a modulated force depending on the pressure and flow rate of the air flow delivered.
Claims12
A device (1) for thinning in fruit growing comprising at least one support (3) connected to a tube (2), said tube (2) connected to one or more flexible elements/whips (6), said support (3) connected by at least one plate (10) to an operating machine, wherein
- said tube (2) is connected to at least one air compressor to supply at least air with variable pressure and flow rate to said tube (2),
- said tube (2) being crossed by flow of air flowing in said one or more flexible elements/whips (6),
- said one or more flexible elements/whips (6) being hollow and able to move when crossed by said flow of air, the movement of the one or more flexible elements/whips (6) being modulated by compressed air,
- the one or more flexible elements/whips (6) having random oscillatory movement by striking the parts to be thinned with modulated force depending on the pressure and flow rate of the air flow delivered,
- wherein said device comprises an electrically steerable mini-motors (401) applied on an elastic support (400), the electrically steerable mini-motors (401) are connected directly to the distal part of the tube (2), an axis of a rotor of said electrically steerable mini-motors (401) are equipped with a mandrel (403) and said one or more flexible elements/whips (6) are fixed to the mandrel (403), also elastic whips (405) which are either hollow or solid.
The device (1) for thinning in fruit growing as claimed in 2, wherein said tube (2) comprises one or more sections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.