Tomato harvester with improved plant handling devices
CA 2282197 A1 · Owner: Sandei, Luigi · Inventors: Sandei, Luigi
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loading systems (6) designed to introduce the cut plants into the harvester;, ~ a number of parallel bars (7) situated below the said loading belt (6) which are oriented towards shakers (9); ~ systems (9) designed to shake the plants received from the said loading devices in order to detach the tomatoes; ~ a conveyor (12) designed to pull the plants from the said loading area towards the said shakers (9) and, at the exit from the said shakers towards a discharge area, wherein the route of the said (12) conveyor comprises at least one section (16) which leads from the said discharge area to the said shakers. This configuration eliminates a number of components which can cause soil …
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- Filed September 13, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended September 13, 2019.
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