Harvesting device
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1. A harvesting device for a mobile harvester adapted for movement along a row of crop bearing plants, the harvesting device comprising an elongated assembly defining an axis of rotation extending longitudinally thereof;
- a substantially cylindrical member borne by the assembly and having a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to said axis of rotation and spaced therefrom;
a counterweight secured on the assembly adjacent to the axis of rotation on a side thereof remote from said longitudinal axis of the member;
means mounting the assembly on the harvester for rotation about the axis of rotation thereof with said axis of rotation substantially parallel and adjacent to the plants during said movement of the harvester along the row; and
means for rotating the assembly about the axis of rotation to carry said member in a path of movement against the plants to impart crop dislodging motion thereto.
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A harvesting device having a harvesting member elongated along a longitudinal axis; mounts affixing the member for rotation about an axis of rotation eccentric to the longitudinal axis of the member; and a mechanism for rotating the member about the axis of rotation to impart a crop dislodging motion.
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19 Claims
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1. A harvesting device for a mobile harvester adapted for movement along a row of crop bearing plants, the harvesting device comprising an elongated assembly defining an axis of rotation extending longitudinally thereof;
- a substantially cylindrical member borne by the assembly and having a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to said axis of rotation and spaced therefrom;
a counterweight secured on the assembly adjacent to the axis of rotation on a side thereof remote from said longitudinal axis of the member;
means mounting the assembly on the harvester for rotation about the axis of rotation thereof with said axis of rotation substantially parallel and adjacent to the plants during said movement of the harvester along the row; and
means for rotating the assembly about the axis of rotation to carry said member in a path of movement against the plants to impart crop dislodging motion thereto. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- a substantially cylindrical member borne by the assembly and having a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to said axis of rotation and spaced therefrom;
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9. A harvester for removing fruit and the like from bearing plants grown in a row comprising a mobile frame dimensioned for earth traversing movement above and along the row;
- a subframe suspended on the mobile frame having lower portions positioned for travel with said mobile frame on opposite sides of the row adjacent to the earth;
means borne by said portions of the subframe for collecting the fruit removed by the harvester;
a pair of interior frames suspended on and within the subframe and having lower portions individually disposed above the collecting means;
a pair of bearings secured on the lower portion of one of the pair of interior frames and aligned to define an axis of rotation substantially parallel to the row during said earth traversing movement above and along the row;
an assembly, having a pair of end plates individually mounted for rotation in the bearings and interconnected by braces, for rotation about said axis of rotation, the assembly having a counterweight affixed on one side of the axis of rotation and a cylinder borne by the plates for rotation about a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to said axis of rotation and on the opposite side thereof from the counterweight, and means operably connected to the assembly for rotating said assembly to carry the cylinder against plants during movement of the mobile frame above and along the row to impart motion to said plants transversely of the row for removing the fruit therefrom. - View Dependent Claims (10)
- a subframe suspended on the mobile frame having lower portions positioned for travel with said mobile frame on opposite sides of the row adjacent to the earth;
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11. A harvesting device for a harvester adapted for movement along a row of crop bearing plants, the harvesting device comprising a harvesting member having a longitudinal axis;
- means mounting said member on the harvester for rotation about an axis of rotation spaced from said longitudinal axis of the member; and
means for rotating the member about the axis of rotation to move the member in a path of movement against the row during said movement along the row to impart a crop dislodging motion to the row. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
- means mounting said member on the harvester for rotation about an axis of rotation spaced from said longitudinal axis of the member; and
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15. A harvesting device for a harvester adapted for movement along a row of crop bearing plants, the harvesting device comprising an assembly having an axis of rotation extending longitudinally thereof;
- means mounting the assembly on the harvester for rotation about said axis of rotation in a position to be in proximity to the row during said movement along the row;
a member, having a longitudinal axis along which is extended in spaced relation a generally convex row contacting portion, mounted on the assembly with said longitudinal axis eccentric to the axis of rotation of the assembly; and
means for rotating the assembly about the axis of rotation to carry said portion in a path of travel against the row during said movement therealong to impart a crop dislodging motion to the row. - View Dependent Claims (16)
- means mounting the assembly on the harvester for rotation about said axis of rotation in a position to be in proximity to the row during said movement along the row;
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17. A harvesting device for a harvester adapted for movement along a row of crop bearing plants, the harvesting device comprising an assembly having an axis of rotation;
- means mounting the assembly on the harvester for rotation about said axis of rotation in a position to be in proximity to the row during said movement along the row;
a second assembly having a substantially continuous surface extending along a longitudinal axis;
means mounting the second assembly on the first assembly with the longitudinal axis of the second assembly eccentric to the axis of rotation of the first assembly; and
means for moving the first assembly about the axis of rotation thereof to carry said continuous surface in a path of movement against the row to impart a crop dislodging motion thereto.
- means mounting the assembly on the harvester for rotation about said axis of rotation in a position to be in proximity to the row during said movement along the row;
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18. A harvesting device for a harvester adapted for movement along a row of crop bearing plants, the harvesting device comprising an assembly having an axis of rotation extending longitudinally thereof;
- means mounting the assembly in a harvesting position on the harvester for rotation about said axis of rotation;
a generally tubular member, having a longitudinal axis, mounted on the assembly with said longitudinal axis spaced from the axis of rotation of the assembly; and
means for rotating the assembly about the axis of rotation to carry said tubular member in a path of movement against the row to impart a crop dislodging motion thereto.
- means mounting the assembly in a harvesting position on the harvester for rotation about said axis of rotation;
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19. A harvesting device for a harvester adapted for movement along a row of crop bearing plants, the harvesting device comprising a harvesting member having a longitudinal axis;
- means mounting the member on the harvester for movement in a path of travel about an axis of rotation spaced from said longitudinal axis of the member and against the row during said movement along the row to impart crop dislodging motion to the row;
means for moving the member in said path of travel; and
means mounting the member for freewheeling rotation substantially about said longitudinal axis.
- means mounting the member on the harvester for movement in a path of travel about an axis of rotation spaced from said longitudinal axis of the member and against the row during said movement along the row to impart crop dislodging motion to the row;
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