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US 5,234,375 AGranted
Mushroom harvesting equipment
OwnerWilhelmus N. J. Hendriksinventor
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Abstract
Mushroom harvesting equipment with an intake section that reaches over the mushroom cultivating bed, a stem cutting section and a transporting and sorting section. The mushrooms are cut off by cutting wheels and transported via wheel to the sorting section where the sorting to dimension of the mushrooms is realized by widening transporting cords. The mushrooms fall in containers placed on scales.
Claims9
Equipment for processing picked mushrooms, comprising:
- a stemcutting section for cutting stems from picked mushrooms;
- a first set of transport elements for reaching over a mushroom cultivating bed and transporting picked mushrooms to said stemcutting section;
- a second set of transport elements provided perpendicular to said first set of transport elements for carrying picked mushrooms away from said stemcutting section, wherein said second set of transport elements widen so as to sort picked mushrooms by dimension;
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- a transport disk for carrying and driving picked mushrooms when picked mushrooms traverse from said first set of transport elements to said second set of transport elements.
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