Blueberry harvesting machine and method of harvesting
CA 2132909 A1 · Owner: Gidge, Lester · Inventors: Gidge, Lester
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The disclosure describes an apparatus for harvesting a crop which comprises a frame and a plurality of inclined channels supported by the frame; each channel is rigid, generally U-shaped in cross-section and has a width between about 3 and 10 times the diameter of the units of the crop to be harvested. The channels are arranged in one or more groups side-by-side to form stripping gaps between them for stripping crop from plants that bear the crop and are supported for movement of their lower ends horizontally near the ground while upper portions of the channels strip crop from the plants. The channels and the stripping gaps are arranged such that crop units fall from the plants into the …
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- Filed September 26, 1994. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended September 26, 2014.
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