Nut harvester with a removable assembly and a method of replacing a removable assembly of a nut harvester
AssigneeJackrabbit
InventorRobert DeMont
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Abstract
Systems and methods for replacing a removable assembly from a harvester for collecting and separating harvested crop product from twigs, dirt, dust, and other debris. A removable assembly for picking up harvested crop product and a removable assembly for separating the picked up harvested crop product from twigs, dirt, dust, and other debris are mounted to be changed out quickly in the field. A removable pickup assembly is received for removably mounting in the harvester by an inclined slot formed in a sidewall of the harvester body frame, so that the removable pickup assembly with the worn belt is lifted up and out and a replacement removable pickup assembly with a new belt is dropped into its place.
Claims30
A nut harvester comprising:
- a body frame;
- and
- at least one removable assembly, wherein the at least one removable assembly is a removeable pickup assembly and/or removeable separator assembly.
A method of replacing a removable assembly of a nut harvester comprising:
- decoupling a motor from a shaft of the removable assembly;
- removing the removable assembly from the nut harvester by unmounting the removable assembly from a body frame of the nut harvester;
- mounting a replacement removable assembly to the body frame of the nut harvester;
- and
- coupling the motor to a shaft of the replacement removable assembly.
A harvester comprising:
- a harvester frame, having sidewalls, the sidewalls having inclined slots;
- and
- a pick-up and/or separator assembly cassette received for mounting in the harvester frame by the inclined slots, so that the cassette is adapted to be lifted up and out and a replacement cassette dropped into its place.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.