Apparatus for selecting horticultural products
AssigneeUnitec S.P.A.
InventorLuca BENEDETTI
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Abstract
An apparatus for selecting horticultural products includes an intake section leading to at least one passage lane defined by a pair of mutually close stems rotatably supported by a support and movement assembly and are interposed longitudinally between the intake section and a discharge section. between the pair of stems, kept inclined downward from the intake section to the discharge section, a longitudinal slot is disposed that can be crossed exclusively by debris and horticultural products having dimensions that are smaller than the width of the slot. The assembly includes a drive unit meshing with an end portion of each stem proximate to the intake section and elements for the free support of an end portion of each stem proximate to the discharge section.
Claims11
1-10. (canceled)
An apparatus for selecting horticultural products, comprising an intake section for horticultural products, which leads to at least one passage lane defined by a pair of mutually close stems supported rotatably by a respective support and movement assembly and interposed longitudinally between said intake section and a discharge section, between said at least one pair of stems, kept inclined downward from said intake section to said discharge section, there is a longitudinal slot that can be crossed exclusively by debris and horticultural products having dimensions that are smaller than the width of said slot, wherein said assembly comprises a drive unit which meshes, optionally indirectly, with a first end portion of each one of said stems that is proximate to said intake section, and respective elements for the free support of a second end portion of each one of said stems that is proximate to said discharge section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.