Harvesting apparatus for tall-growing crops
CA 2398918 A1 · Owner: Source Holdings Ltd. · Inventors: Blundell, Christopher; Stanners, Gregory H.
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The harvester provides a self-propelled or towed base (2) on which a telescoping tower (3) is mounted on a gimbal (7) allowing angular flexibility , of the tower relative to the base. The tower resists swaying movement by the stabilizing effects of hydraulic cylinders (34) that are connected to electrically-operated hydraulic control valves e.g. servo valves, controlled , by a programmable logic controller or the like which receives input from two , inclinometers (5). An extendable multi-jointed boom (8) is mounted at or near the upper end of the tower. Mounted at the distal end of the boom is a cut fruit holding basket (11) and a funnel (12) with a chute (13) mounted to a , common …
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- Filed February 13, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 13, 2021.
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