公开(公告)号：EP0987932A1

公开(公告)日：2000-03-29

申请号：EP98921031.5

申请日：1998-05-07

申请人： Gorman, Timothy

发明人： Gorman, Timothy

IPC分类号： A01D1/06

CPC分类号： A01D46/247

摘要： A hand-held device (10) for picking fruit which includes an elongated grip member (12) and a head member (30) connected to the elongated grip member (12) which includes a pair of fixed removable blades (48, 48'). Each blade has a cutting edge (50, 50'). The blades (48, 48') are positioned in the head (30) in opposed planar relationship to one another so that at least a portion of each respective cutting edge (50, 50') is in spaced opposed relationship to the cutting edge of the other blade at a distance less than the thickness of the stem (S) of the fruit to be picked. Picking is accomplished by a thrusting motion in which the device (10) is held in one of the laborer's hands while the fruit to be picked is grasped in the other. The device (10) is thrust at the stem of the fruit to be picked. The pair of fixed blades (48, 48') guides the stem into the cutting region where the stem is severed.