Automated packing of crops
AssigneeHarvest CROO, LLC
InventorsRobert Henry Pitzer, Scott Gordon Scarpinato, Ryan McGee
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Abstract
A system including a flume. The flume can include a fluid and be configured to receive crops. The system also can include crop selectors each sized to move the crops individually from the flume into a scale. The system additionally can include the scale. The scale can be configured to weigh the crops while the crops are in the scale. The system further can include a container carrier configured to (i) hold a container that is submerged in the fluid while the crops are dumped from the scale into the container and (ii) lift the container out of the fluid to allow the fluid to drain from the container while the container holds the crops. Other embodiments are described.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a flume comprising a fluid and configured to receive crops;
- crop selectors each sized to move the crops individually from the flume into a scale;
- the scale, wherein the scale is configured to weigh the crops while the crops are in the scale;
- and
- a container carrier configured to (i) hold a container that is submerged in the fluid while the crops are dumped from the scale into the container and (ii) lift the container out of the fluid to allow the fluid to drain from the container while the container holds the crops.
A method of providing a system, the method comprising:
- providing a flume comprising a fluid and configured to receive crops;
- providing crop selectors each sized to move the crops individually from the flume into a scale;
- providing the scale, wherein the scale is configured to weigh the crops while the crops are in the scale;
- and
- providing a container carrier configured to (i) hold a container that is submerged in the fluid while the crops are dumped from the scale into the container and (ii) lift the container out of the fluid to allow the fluid to drain from the container while the container holds the crops.
A method comprising:
- receiving crops in a fluid in a flume;
- individually moving the crops, using crop selectors, from the flume into a scale, wherein the scale weighs the crops while the crops are in the scale;
- dumping the crops from the scale into a container held by a container carrier while the container is submerged in the fluid;
- and
- lifting the container carrier to raise the container out of the fluid to allow the fluid to drain from the container while the container holds the crops.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.