Fruit picking shaker rod
AssigneeBerri Mechanical Harvesters Pty Ltd.
InventorPeter George Ochse
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Abstract
This invention provides an improved shaker rod for a shaker type fruit harvester machine comprising a rigid mounting portion at one end of the rod arranged to be rigidly secured directly to a support member on the machine, a deflectable free end portion at its other end, and an intermediate elongate portion extending between said ends, the rod being constructed so that its strength and stiffness varies between its ends whereby the rod is less stiff and therefore more flexible in the region of its free end than at its fixed one end. Preferably the free end portion comprises an enlarged bulbous formation which has a convexly curved end wall.
Claims13
A shaker rod for a shaker-type fruit harvester machine, the shaker rod being formed as a substantially planar one piece solid rod element having a proximal end and a distal end, said rod element comprising a rigid mounting portion at its proximal end adapted for rigid securement directly to a shaker rod support frame on the machine, and an intermediate elongate portion of reduced cross-section intermediate and spaced from said mounting portion and said distal end, said rod element being constructed so that its rigidity and hence its stiffness is varied along its length with said mounting portion having a high stiffness and said portion of reduced cross-section having a relatively low stiffness.
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