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US 2017/0000029 A1Published application
Nut gatherer and method of constructing same
AssigneeFaultless Starch/Bon Ami Company
InventorsSTEPHEN M. POPE, HUANG-MO HSIEH, HUANG-LUNG LIN
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Abstract
A nut gatherer device includes a cage formed by a plurality of wires and a pair of hubs. Each hub includes first and second annular sets of spaced teeth, with portions of the wires secured in the radially-aligned spaces. In use, the wire cage is rolled on the ground into contact with a bulky object, such as a nut, so that the object forces the wires to separate and permit the nut to pass into the cage where it is retained until emptying.
Claims21
A device for collecting objects from the ground, comprising:
- a pair of hubs each comprising a first set of annular teeth and a second set of annular teeth that is spaced radially inward from the first set of teeth, wherein open spaces between the teeth in the first set of teeth are aligned with open spaces between the teeth in the second set of teeth;
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- a cage formed from a plurality of circumferentially spaced wires extending between said pair of hubs, wherein each of the wires is received within one of the open spaces between the teeth in the first set of teeth and within one of the open spaces between the teeth in the second set of teeth in each of said pair of hubs.
A method of making a nut gathering device, comprising:
- providing a plurality of wires;
- providing a pair of hubs, each comprising first and second annular sets of spaced teeth, said second set being spaced radially inwardly from said first set of teeth, the open spaces between said teeth in said first set being aligned with the open spaces between said teeth in said second set;
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- inserting portions of said wires into said spaces in said hubs.
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