Device for picking fruit
AssigneeMeteorite Agricultural Equipment BV
InventorsElio Poggiagliolmi, Otis Johnston
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Abstract
A device for removing fruit from a plant comprising a vibratory head having means for clamping a fruit plant, and means for controlling the vibratory head, preferably an electronic control means. The vibratory head further comprises at least one reaction mass which is vibratably driveable and connected to the clamping means for relative movement therebetween to provide a unidirectional force transmittable between the reaction mass and the clamping means, and hence transmittable to the plant.
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A method of removing fruit from a plant, comprising connecting drive means to the plant to apply vibrations thereto, wherein the vibrations have an amplitude and/or frequency and/or phase which varies with time.
A device for removing fruit from a plant comprising:
- a vibratory head having means for clamping a fruit plant to apply vibrations to the plant, and means for controlling the vibratory head,
- the vibratory head further comprising at least one reaction mass which is vibratably driveable and connected to the clamping means for relative movement therebetween to provide a unidirectional force transmittable between the reaction mass and the clamping means, and hence transmittable to the plant, wherein the vibrations have an amplitude and/or frequency and/or phase which varies with time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.