Harvester with moving guide
OwnerEugene G. Littauinventor
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Abstract
A fruit harvester with first and second rows of catcher plates disposed opposite each other. Inclined reciprocating guide plates bridge the distance between lower sets of ends of the rows of plates and the upper runs of associated collector belts.
Claims9
In a harvester having a mobile frame mounted for movement over the ground,
- a row of multiple catcher plates carried by the frame with the plates being movably supported by the frame to accommodate the movement of plants thereby,
- collector means for collecting harvested material falling on the catcher plates,
- a reciprocating guide means adapted to receive product moving from the collector plates and to direct such material onto the collector means, and
- powered means for producing reciprocation of the guide means.
In a fruit harvester,
- a mobile frame,
- a row of multiple catcher plates carried by the frame, the catcher plates having an upper set of ends and a lower set of ends and collectively lying in a plane that inclines in a direction extending transversely of the row, means pivotally mounting the catcher plates for pivotal movement about parallel axes extending normal to this plane,
- an elongate guide plate extending adjacent the lower set of ends of the catcher plates,
- a reciprocation accommodating mounting for the guide plate, supporting the guide plate with the plate transversely inclined,
- a fruit gathering conveyor belt having an elongate upper run mounted with said upper run parallelling the guide plate and disposed under a margin of the guide plate, motor means for moving the belt, and
- a reciprocation producing motor means connected to the guide plate producing reciprocation of the guide plate.
A fruit harvester having a first row and a second row of catcher plates disposed with the rows generally parallel to each other, the plates of said first row having an upper set of ends and the plates of said second row having an upper set of ends and said upper sets of ends being adjacent, the plates of the first row of plates inclining downwardly progressing from their upper set of ends and the plates of the second row inclining downwardly progressing from their upper set of ends, the plates of the first row having a lower set of ends and the plates of the second row having a lower set of ends,
- a collector belt having an elongate upper run generally parallelling the first row of catcher plates with the belt run spaced from and below the lower set of ends of the first row of plates and a second collector belt with an elongate upper run generally parallelling the second row of plates and spaced from and below the lower set of ends of the second row of plates,
- a reciprocating guide means bridging the distance between the lower set of ends of the first row of catcher plates and the upper run of the first collection belt, and a second reciprocating guide means bridging the distance between the lower set of ends of the second row of plates and the upper run of the second collector belt, and means for producing reciprocation of said first guide means and said second guide means under power.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.