公开(公告)号：US3565225A

公开(公告)日：1971-02-23

申请号：US3565225D

申请日：1968-11-15

Applicant: GEORGE W FAY

Inventor： FAY GEORGE W

IPC: A01D46/24 ,  B65G69/16 ,  B65G11/10 ,  B65G11/20

CPC classification number: A01D46/243 ,  B65G69/165 ,  B65G2201/0211

Abstract: A moderately flexible tube several feet in length includes inner walls of resilient material. Rubber fingers are arranged radially within the tube in alternating, staggered tiers, each tier being approximately semicircular in plan. Fruit introduced into a funnel member at the upper end of the tube, the funnel also including fingers, descends through the tube in a cushioned, cascading, back-and-forth path, emerging from the bottom of the tube undamaged.