Machine for removing grapes from the bunch before making wine
AssigneeSocma, Sarl
InventorJoseph Ferrandez
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Abstract
A machine designed to remove grapes from the bunch before making wine. The machine contains a flat sieve capable of letting only the juice and the grapes pass therethrough by a toothed roller driven in axial rotation and containing separating fingers associated with the sieve and animated in relation to the sieve by a movement relative to translation in a direction parallel to the sieve allowing separation of grapes from the stalk by an ejection effect.
Claims14
A machine designed to receive a grape harvest including grapes and associated grape stalks and to separate the grapes from the associated stalks before making wine the machine comprising:
- a conveyor having a predetermined linear path for carrying the grape harvest, the conveyor including a continuous sieve capable of allowing only the juice and grapes to pass therethrough;
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- a first and second toothed roller extending over the linear path of the conveyor and driven in axial rotation and containing separating fingers associated with the sieve, said fingers made from a material having elasticity and movable relative to the sieve in a direction parallel to the sieve allowing separation of the grapes from the associated grape stalks by an ejection effect, said fingers having free end portions bent in the direction of rotation of the respective roller for projecting the rape stalks, wherein each of said first and second toothed rollers are positioned a predetermined distance above the sieve.
A machine designed to receive a grape harvest including grapes and associated grape stalks and to separate the grape from the associated stalks, the machine comprising:
- a conveyor moving along a path around support rollers at a predetermined speed, said path including a planar path for carrying the grape harvest, wherein all the support rollers are located below the planar path carrying the grape harvest, the conveyor including a continuous sieve capable of allowing only the grapes and associated juice therethrough and;
- at least one roller extending over the planar path and rotating at another predetermined speed, said roller having fingers extending therefrom, said fingers having bent free end portions contacting the sieve, wherein said fingers separate the grapes from the grape stalks and said bent free end portions project the grape stalks allowing said grapes to pass through the sieve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.