Mobile apparatus for retrieving and processing bulk harvested nuts and fruits

A mobile apparatus for cleaning and conditioning a harvested produce, the mobile apparatus including:

• an uptake section, the uptake section for collecting the harvested produce, the harvested produce lying on a ground surface in a scattered covering, the scattered covering including the harvested produce, and the scattered covering additionally including a debris;
• the uptake section including an infeed scoop and an uptake conveyor, the infeed scoop in a close proximity to the ground surface, and the infeed scoop for gathering the scattered covering into the uptake conveyor and depositing the scattered covering onto a separation conveyor;
• a separation section, the separation section including the separation conveyor enclosed within a plenum, the separation conveyor including a separation belt, and the separation belt including a mesh;
• the mesh of the separation belt for allowing an airstream to flow through the separation belt, for allowing the debris to drop through the separation belt, and for retaining the product on the separation belt;
• the separation plenum for gathering the debris dropped from the separation belt into a dropout, the dropout for removing the debris settled out of the plenum;
• a fan for generating the airstream, the fan including a supply side and a suction side;
• an air return duct connected to the plenum at a plenum outlet, the air return duct routed to the suction side of the fan, the air return duct for pulling a suction airstream from the plenum;
• an air supply connected to the plenum at a plenum inlet, the air supply routed from the supply side of the fan, the air supply for routing the airstream to plenum;
• and
• a cleaned product discharged from the plenum.