Fruit picking device
AssigneesDu-Kedem Technologies, Ltd., Du-Kedem Projects Ltd.
InventorsDan Kedem, Mordechai Rubinstein
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Abstract
A fruit picking device includes a head for receiving the fruit, a first pair of bails pivotally mounted to the head in spaced relation to each other across the housing opening, a second pair of bails pivotally mounted to the head in spaced relation to each other across the housing opening substantially perpendicularly to the first pair of bails, and cutter blades carried by the latter bails and effective, when the bails are pivoted to their closed positions, to engage and cut the stem of the fruit within the head.
Claims20
A fruit picking device for picking a fruit suspended by a stem from a plant on which the fruit grows, said fruit picking device comprising:
- a head having an opening at one end larger than the fruit to be picked for receiving the fruit;
- a first pair of bails pivotally mounted to the head in spaced relation to each other across said housing opening and pivotal from an open position allowing the fruit to enter the head, or to a closed position;
- and a second pair of bails pivotally mounted to the head in spaced relation to each other across said housing opening substantially perpendicularly to said first pair of bails and also pivotal from an open position allowing the fruit to enter the head, or to a closed position.
A fruit picking device for picking a fruit suspended from a stem by a plant on which the fruit grows, said fruit picking device comprising:
- a head pivotally mounted to a tube and having an opening at one end larger than the fruit to be picked for receiving the fruit;
- a first bail means pivotally mounted to the head across said housing opening and pivotal from an open position allowing the fruit to enter the head, or to a closed position;
- a second bail means pivotally mounted to the head across said housing opening substantially perpendicularly to said first bail means and also pivotal from an open position allowing the fruit to enter the head, or to a closed position;
- said second bail means including a cutter blade effective, when the second bail means is pivotted to its closed position, to engage and cut the stem of the fruit within the head;
- and locking means normally locking the head against pivotal movement with respect to said tube, but actuatable to release the head for pivotal movement with respect to said tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.