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7549279 |
Mechanism for mounting agricultural equipment to a multi-purpose self-propelled straddle carrier
The mounting mechanism comprise: on the straddle carrier side, a main frame mounted on wheels and suitable for selective lifting and lowering of the main frame in relation to the ground; on the...
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7543436 |
Adjustable shaker head harvester
A harvester incorporating at least one force balanced shaker vibratory brush as the harvesting apparatus uses a sensing system connected to spring feelers to generate a signal responsive to the...
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7500342 |
Harvesting device comprising flexible links for a machine for harvesting fruits, berries and the like
A harvesting device comprises two shaker assemblies mounted face-to-face on a straddle carrier frame for shaking fruit-bearing trees or bushes. Each shaker assembly comprises a plurality of...
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7305812 |
Deleafer apparatus and method
A deleafer apparatus including a drum assembly partially enclosed by a shroud. A rotating blade assembly is located within an interior volume of the drum assembly. An air circulation device,...
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7293399 |
High pressure foliage remover
A system for performing several functions in caring for crops such as vines grown in rows uses a high pressure water jet to selectively prune, thin shoots and remove leaves from growing crops....
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7204072 |
Mechanical pruner
A mechanical pruner has a hinged trimming head that allows the trimming of grape vines growing on sloped ground. The trimming head has hedgers with forward facing cutting teeth and rotating combers...
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7168643 |
Leaf snatcher
The present invention discloses a leaf snatcher consisting of a protective grille, a blade activated by a motor. The blade is shaped so as to have vacuum capabilities to suck the unwanted leaves...
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7121075 |
Cranberry-harvesting apparatus and method
An apparatus and method for harvesting cranberries, the method including moving frame-mounted transverse dislodging rods over cranberry plants with each rod moving at the speed of the frame,...
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7096654 |
Leaf stripper, more particularly designed for selective vine leaf stripping
A leaf stripper which is intended more specifically for stripping vine leaves includes a stripping head which is equipped with a rotary drum with an open-work cylindrical side wall, rotator device...
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7069713 |
Harvester of olives
The collection of the olives is performed by a machinery, that has attached a telescopic rod (A.a), fixed from one side, and free to rotate hydraulically form the other side. This free side moves...
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6901731 |
Automatically adjusting shaker head harvester with steering correction and improved shaker head mounting
A harvester incorporating at least one force balanced shaker vibratory brush as the harvesting apparatus uses a sensing system connected to spring feelers to generate a signal responsive to the...
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6857258 |
Self adjusting vertical shaker
A crop picking head assembly has a known oscillation generating head supported in a head support frame suspended from a harvester framework by two pairs of depending arms. One pair of arms is...
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6854255 |
Berry harvester
Apparatus for raking berries, particularly blueberries. The apparatus has a frame supported on wheels, a rake head, a berry conveyor, support for a berry box, and a side support for stacking...
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6854254 |
Harvesting device with disengagable shaker members for a fruit harvesting machine
A harvesting device, in particular for fruit harvesting machines, which includes a straddling chassis, two shaker assemblies mounted face-to-face on the chassis to shake the fruit trees or bushes...
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6834487 |
Leaf stripper for selective vine leaf stripping
An leaf stripping apparatus for stripping vines has a stripping head with a grid-type rotating suction drum rotatably mounted about a generally vertical axis, a suction cooperative with the...
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6779329 |
Vinous crop harvesting apparatus and method
Harvesting methods and apparatus provide endless movable arrays of finger members for contacting and strippingly lifting fruits from plants in growing fields with each of the arrays being generally...
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6691500 |
Direct drive vibratory shaker
A vibratory shaker for mounting on a crop harvester framework for removing crops from vines, bushes, and trees has a crop foliage engaging brush that is driven directly about a brush rotation axis...
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6668485 |
Agrotechnical method for training branch cordon vine and for regulation of its growth and yield
Agrotechnical method for Branch Cordon trained vine, for the mechanizable control of its growth, and yield; where in the branch cordon plantation a cordon arm supporting wire parallel with the...
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6557335 |
Mechanical harvester and continuous row harvesting method for use in overhead trellis systems
A mechanical harvester and harvesting method for harvesting crops grown on an overhead trellis system including a harvester frame having a top portion and opposing sides forming an open frame to...
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6547661 |
Machine for removing grapes from the bunch before making wine
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...
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6530204 |
System for removing a stem from fruit
A system for removing a stem from fruit more quickly and safely than conventional stem removing systems. The system for removing a stem from fruit includes a head member for separating the stem...
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6502380 |
Machine for harvesting fruit and berries and the like from fruit trees and bushes planted in a row, and shaker rod for a machine of this kind
In this harvesting machine using shaker members in the form of rods to shake the fruit-bearing bushes and harvest the fruit, each shaker rod has an elongate base part which has, in use, a required...
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6484487 |
Plant engaging systems and methods for harvesting machines
A plant engaging system comprising a rigid frame, a first drum assembly, a counterweight system, and a rotation system. The rigid frame assembly defines a reference axis. The first drum assembly...
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6425233 |
Fruit shaker
A fruit removal assembly forming part of a mobile fruit harvester has a single motor for orbiting two pairs of oppositely disposed panels to which are mounted a plurality of longitudinally...
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6421995 |
Machine for harvesting tree fruit
Machine for harvesting tree fruit comprising two parallel, vertical gantries joined at the bottom of their vertical side arms by longitudinal frames extending inward from the insides of the arms...
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6378282 |
Fruit harvesting apparatus
A harvesting apparatus for dislodging produce from trees comprising a support structure, a boom vertically placed where a first end is connected to the support structure, a positioning apparatus to...
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6298645 |
Universal fruit-picking tool
A universal fruit-picking tool including a cage of a generally elliptical spheroid shape having a three-dimensional triangular opening in its upper half fitted with four cutters. Each cutter has a...
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6158203 |
Over the row tractor and crop harvester
A tractor for over the row in line towing of a trailer along a row of plants, wherein either the trailer or the tractor itself has the capability of carrying mechanisms for performing certain...
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6155036 |
Machine and method for the selective harvest of berries
Machine for the selective harvest of berries, for example, machine for gathering grapes, of the type having a shaking system constituted by two berry picking assemblies each having a plurality of...
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6145291 |
Grape harvester with beaters adjustable for different row widths
A harvester especially for grapes wherein sets of beaters (4, 5) on each side of the harvester are adapted to be used in unison to effect a beating action to remove fruit from plants being...
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6105352 |
Harvester for picking berries
The harvester for picking up berries comprises a frame adapted to be driven in a field of berries, a comb mounted between opposite sides of the frame and comprising a plurality of teeth extending...
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6098389 |
Picking finger assembly for fruit harvesting
A picking finger assembly is insertable into and withdrawable from a canopy of a fruit tree during a mechanical harvesting. The picking finger assembly provides for, during the withdrawal, a...
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6076343 |
Grape picking head and drive therefor
A harvester especially for grape harvesting that has a picking head which includes a support frame and picking rods of fingers to contact the leaves and stems in the canopy of a grape vine to...
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6070402 |
Harvesting systems and methods
A system for harvesting fruit from vertical plants arranged in rows. The system comprises a frame having two frame portions arranged on opposite sides of a given row during harvesting. A front...
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6012276 |
Cane separator for dried-on-the-vine raisin harvester
A harvester (10) includes a separator (22) to help separate unwanted plant material from a crop. Separator (22) includes a series of paddles (46) which are rotated in unison by a drive system (50)....
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6009696 |
Harvester head for dried-on-the-vine raisins
A harvester (10) includes a harvester head (12) to harvest a crop from a crop plant. Harvester head (12) includes a series of rods (32) which orbit about associated shafts (52) when driven by a...
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6009186 |
Method and apparatus for harvesting crop material
A method and apparatus for harvesting fruit determines the proportion of fruit in a mixture of products containing fruit and bodies foreign to the fruit by capturing at least one initial image of a...
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6006507 |
Dual pressure release assembly for a fruit harvesting machine
A coupling assembly is provided which allows for a dual pressure release during impaction of an obstruction during insertion of a picking arm into a canopy of a fruit tree. A first yielding occurs...
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6003294 |
Crop harvesting rod array
An array of foliage contacting rods having a certain stiffness and trunk contacting rods having a greater stiffness is assembled in combination for mounting on an oscillatory shaker head configured...
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6000203 |
Blueberry harvester
A blueberry harvester comprising a platform mountable behind an agricultural tractor. The platform has a post near the harvesting side thereof with a jib-boom crane mounted on that post. There is...
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5956933 |
System for harvesting fruit from citrus trees and for conveying the harvested fruit to a truck for haulage
An apparatus for harvesting food from plants comprising a housing with drive mechanisms. Such mechanisms are provided with at least one shaft rotatable with respect to the housing about a first...
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5946896 |
Fruit harvesting device
A fruit harvester comprising a plurality of oscillating fruit removal heads to selectively engage and vibrate the periphery of selected fruit-bearing sections of a fruit tree canopy thereby causing...
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5921074 |
Pivotless mechanical crop harvester
A self-propelled mechanical harvester for harvesting above ground crops includes a shaker assembly that operates in a single plane. The shaker will oscillate from side to side in the plane without...
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5916115 |
Olive picker
The invention provides a picker attachment and apparatus having the attachment for picking olives. The picker attachment includes a base and a plurality of longitudinally-extending spindles carried...
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5904034 |
Tree borne fruit harvester
A harvester for tree borne fruit is disclosed wherein a power driven vehicle is provided for following a course adjacent and parallel to a row of fruit trees. The vehicle carries a vibratory brush...
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5881544 |
Cranberry harvesting machine
A cranberry harvesting machine (20) including a main frame (22) supported by a wheel assembly (24) is provided. A harvesting assembly (26) is attached to the forward end of the main frame (22). A...
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5842334 |
Constant force harvester rails
The invention provides a harvester that applies continuous contact between the plant to be harvested and harvesting rails, which thus reduces damage to the plant. The harvester uses a hydraulic...
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5768866 |
Aqua farm filtering
A system for aqua farming comprises at least one land mass; typically a plurality of approximately rectangular land masses with their sides typically at least about an order of magnitude longer...
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5765350 |
Fruit picking shaker rod
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...
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5709071 |
Chili harvester with adjustable spiral picker units
A chili harvester in the form of a self propelled vehicle for movement along rows of chili pepper plants and includes spaced, opposed rotatably driven picking units. Each of the picking units is in...
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