Fruit-harvesting machine
AssigneeTenias Harvester S.L.
InventorJesus Tenias Sancho
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Abstract
A fruit harvesting machine that works continuously, meaning without stopping to unload the fruit, as the fruit can be unloaded automatically upon detection of a transfer vehicle, by means of hoppers (34) with ejection conveyor belts (35) which are activated only when the transfer vehicle is detected, including an extendable and sliding skid (38), which prevents a large part of the vibrating energy from being absorbed by the suspension and wheels of the vehicle, with a four-wheel drive, a movable cabin and total control of the machine from inside the cabin.
Claims20
A self-propelled fruit harvesting machine for harvesting fruit from a tree by means of the action of a vibrator on the trunk of the tree when the presence of the tree trunk is detected by means of probes, the machine comprising:
- a first lateral frame and a second lateral frame between which there is a lower longitudinal opening for the passage of the tree as the machine moves, the first lateral frame and the second lateral frame are linked at the top by two parallel gantries, extended transversely and separated by a certain distance in a longitudinal direction, the machine having dragging means, located inside respective longitudinal channels, to move detached fruits towards the rear part of each of the first lateral frame and the second lateral frame are, wherein each of the first lateral frame and the second lateral frame have a folding character, characterized in that the dragging means of the side frames unload over lateral conveyor belts, which feed voluminous hoppers equipped with peelers at their entrance, in which the fruits are stored, so that they can be unloaded with the machine in motion through expulsion conveyor belts which include means of activation/unloading in the presence of a transfer vehicle, by means of a mechanical push button, optical, magnetic sensors or any other sensor without magnetic contact;
- further comprising de-stemmers, between the dragging means of the lateral frames and the lateral conveyor belts, wherein said de-stemmers are in the form of a Ferris wheel, in which a series of rotating radial arms participate, determining means of expulsion of the fallen branches on said dragging means and ventilators for the elimination of the fallen leaves.
A self-propelled fruit harvesting machine for harvesting fruit from a tree by means of the action of a vibrator on the trunk of the tree when the presence of the tree trunk is detected by means of probes, the machine comprising:
- a first lateral frame and a second lateral frame between which there is a lower longitudinal opening for the passage of the tree as the machine moves, a first lateral frame and a second lateral frame are linked at the top by two parallel gantries, extended transversely and separated by a certain distance in a longitudinal direction,
- the machine having dragging means, located inside respective longitudinal channels, to move the detached fruits towards the rear part of each of the side frame, wherein each of said frames has a folding character, characterized in that the dragging means of the side frames unload over lateral conveyor belts, which feed voluminous hoppers equipped with peelers at their entrance, in which the fruits are stored, so that they can be unloaded with the machine in motion through expulsion conveyor belts which include means of activation/unloading in the presence of a transfer vehicle, by means of a mechanical push button, optical, magnetic sensors or any other sensor without magnetic contact;
- wherein that the cabin is movable between two limit positions and can be stabilized between any of the intermediate positions, being driven by an electric cylinder that can be controlled from inside the cabin by means of a lever.
A self-propelled fruit harvesting machine for harvesting fruit from a tree by means of the action of a vibrator on the trunk of the tree when the presence of the tree trunk is detected by means of probes, the machine comprising:
- a first lateral frame and a second lateral frame between which there is a lower longitudinal opening for the passage of the tree as the machine moves, a first lateral frame and a second lateral frame are linked at the top by two parallel gantries, extended transversely and separated by a certain distance in a longitudinal direction,
- the machine having dragging means, located inside respective longitudinal channels, to move the detached fruits towards the rear part of each of the side frame, wherein each of said frames has a folding character, characterized in that the dragging means of the side frames unload over lateral conveyor belts, which feed voluminous hoppers equipped with peelers at their entrance, in which the fruits are stored, so that they can be unloaded with the machine in motion through expulsion conveyor belts which include means of activation/unloading in the presence of a transfer vehicle, by means of a mechanical push button, optical, magnetic sensors or any other sensor without magnetic contact;
- wherein that the cabin is movable between two limit positions and can be stabilized between any of the intermediate positions, being driven by an electric cylinder that can be controlled from inside the cabin by means of a lever;
- further comprising detectors of obstruction of the peelers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.