公开(公告)号：US4256212A

公开(公告)日：1981-03-17

申请号：US951174

申请日：1978-10-13

申请人： Richard L. Markano

发明人： Richard L. Markano

IPC分类号： A01D46/26 ,  B65G11/02 ,  B65G11/08 ,  B65G11/20

CPC分类号： B65G11/203 ,  A01D46/26 ,  B65G11/026 ,  A01D2046/262 ,  B65G2201/0211

摘要： A fruit collector for hillside orchards, which includes a channel spaced chute formed of inflated tubes, the two sides of the chute being joined by a cross web having a series of fruit receiving openings approximately the spacing between rows of trees, the chute being laid downhill between sloping rows of trees. In a first embodiment, the openings are formed by U-shaped slits to receive fruit, and retarding flaps extend into the chute to retard movement of the fruit. In a second embodiment, the cross web is tubular, but non-inflated, and receives a series of longitudinally extensible and retractable ribbons protruding from the upper margins of the openings and extending into the chute between the openings; the strips serve to retard movement of the fruit and may be in axially overlapping relation, and adjustable to change their retarding effect thereby to compensate for different degrees of slope. In a third embodiment, which may be incorporated with the first or second embodiments, selected inflated tubes may vary between a small area and a large area to retard the fruit by creating lateral movement of the fruit. A further embodiment having a cross section similar to any of the other embodiments, is arranged in a zig-zag pattern causing the fruit to move laterally in alternate directions so as to restrict the rate of movement of the fruit, thereby permitting use on a steeper slope.

摘要翻译： 用于山坡果园的水果收集器，其包括由充气管形成的通道隔开的斜槽，滑槽的两侧通过交叉腹板连接，该横向腹板具有大致间隔在树列之间的间隔的一系列水果接收开口， 在倾斜的树丛之间。 在第一实施例中，开口由U形狭缝形成以接收水果，并且阻滞翼片延伸到滑槽中以阻止水果的运动。 在第二实施例中，横向腹板是管状但不膨胀的，并且容纳从开口的上边缘突出并延伸到开口之间的滑槽中的一系列纵向可伸展的和可伸缩的带; 条带用于阻止果实的运动并且可以处于轴向重叠的关系，并且可调节以改变其延迟效应，从而补偿不同程度的坡度。 在可以与第一或第二实施例结合的第三实施例中，选定的充气管可以在小区域和大面积之间变化，以通过产生水果的横向运动来延迟果实。 具有类似于任何其它实施例的横截面的另一实施例被布置成锯齿形图案，使得水果在交替方向上横向移动，以限制果实的移动速率，从而允许在较陡的 坡。