FI79775B - ANORDNING FOER SAMLING AV BAER FRAON BUSKAR. - Google Patents

Description

1 79775

DEVICE FOR COLLECTING BERRIES FROM THE SHRUB - ANORDNING FOR SAMLING AV BÄR FRÄN BUSKAR

The invention relates to a device for collecting berries from sex bushes.

A device for collecting berries is now known, which, however, is mainly suitable only for collecting currants from shrubs. For example, raspberries break so easily that known devices are not suitable for collecting them from shrubs. In particular, the ripening and rupture of ripe raspberries easily causes problems for their mechanical collection.

In general, collecting berries from shrubs is quite laborious and thus expensive. To date, it has not been possible to develop proper equipment for collecting the various berries. So far, no device suitable for collecting raspberries has been developed at all.

It is an object of the present invention to obviate the above drawbacks. In particular, it is an object of the invention to provide a novel device for collecting berries from shrubs, which device is also suitable for collecting susceptible stalking and breaking berries, such as raspberries.

For aspects of the invention, reference is made to claim 1.

The invention is based on a ground-mounted device built on a transfer tray, comprising 30 berry stem shakers, berry recovery means and a conveyor for transferring berries to a berry container.

The recovery lines are suitably rotating, plate-shaped or disc-shaped. Furthermore, the recovery members 35 are suitably flexible at their edges, e.g. made at their edges and / or entirely of plastic or rubber. Further, the harvesting members form a slotted gap for the stems of 2,79775 berries so that the harvesting members are located on each side of the berry bush. The collecting means are suitably arranged to shake the berries which have fallen on them, e.g. shape. The shaking movement can be effected, e.g.

Furthermore, the device according to the invention suitably comprises a conveyor, e.g. a conventional belt conveyor or another conveyor, located below the recovery members. The collection means are preferably arranged to distribute the berries on the conveyor.

According to the invention, the device comprises, inclined above the conveyor, inclined e.g. plate-like, net-like or similar guides for guiding the berries on the conveyor and / or e.g. disc-shaped recovery elements. The guides are arranged in different planes, inclined towards each other and interleaved with respect to each other, and arranged to guide the berries from one top of the guide to another and finally onto the conveyor.

The device further comprises shaking members arranged to shake the stems of berry bushes such as raspberry bushes. Preferably, the shaking members have two vertical rows of overlapping arms located on either side of a row of bushes passing through the machine so as to shake the bushes from both sides and at different heights.

The device for collecting berries from shrubs can be cassette or prefabricated in such a way that the 3 79775 transport tray forms a special collecting box around and on top of the berry bush, which can be fitted with optional and replaceable different cassettes, eg currant picking cassette or another cassette related to berry picking and / or shrub care with appropriate care equipment and / or organs.

The invention will now be described by way of exemplary embodiments, which are intended only to illustrate the invention without limiting it in any way, and with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows a front view of a berry collecting device, Figure 2 shows a front view of a collection device according to Figure 1. and enlarged, Figure 3 shows the recovery members and partially conveyors of the device of Figure 1 enlarged and top view, Figure 4 shows the device of Figure 1 equipped with pesticide sprays and a front view, and Figure 5 schematically shows the guides shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1 shows a front view of a device 25 for collecting berries. The device comprises a transfer platform 1, such as a machine 6 which can be moved along the ground by means of wheels 6 by means of a conventional power plant (not shown), the body 7 forming a wheels on each side of the tunnel. The device further comprises collection means 2, 21, and conveyors 3, 3X, which are placed close to the ground and arranged to receive the berries falling from the stems and to transfer them to the berry container.

In the application shown, the collecting members 2, 2X and the conveyors 3, 3X are placed close to the ground on each side of the berry bush 9 4 79775. In addition, above the conveyors and the art receiving members, there are respectively shaking members 18, 181, which consist of 5 overlapping arms. The recovery members 2, 21, the conveyors 3, 3X and the shaking members 18, 183- form a slit-like gap 4 so that the berry bushes 9 are in said gap and the above-mentioned devices on either side thereof. In this case, berry bushes 9 can be shaken 10 on each side and both sides of the falling side of the berries can be recovered from the conveyors.

In Figure 1, above the conveyors 3, 31, inclined guides 5 are placed to guide the berries on the conveyors. On top of each conveyor 3, 31 are placed two stepped inner guides 5 arranged in different levels and on top of each other and three stepped outer guides 51 arranged in different levels and on top of each other. and interleaved with respect to each other so that the berries flow from one top of the guide to the other and finally to the conveyor. In this case, the berries are handled gently and the berries remain as intact as possible.

In the device shown in the figure, the shaking members 18, 18x arranged on both sides of the slit-like gap 4 consist on each side of the gap of five overlapping substantially horizontal arms 19 articulated to a vertical support 30 on the conveyor and the recovery members. The stems are suitably arranged to move back and forth and with suitable gentleness to strike the bushes and their branches between the 4, preferably different stems at different times and possibly at different frequencies.

35 Figure 2 shows a front view and an enlarged view of the retrieval member of the device of Figure 1. * The retrieval member is rotating, disc-shaped and flexible at the edges 5,79775. The recoveries are mounted for free rotation on a shaft 12. In the illustrated embodiment, the shaft is provided with a shaft sleeve 13 which non-rotatably rests on the shaft and the recovery member 5 and slidably on the guide sleeve 10 via the end corrugated surfaces 11 of the shaft and guide sleeves so that the 10 of those or other types of control elements.

Figure 3 shows a top view of the location of the recovery members. The disc-shaped recovery members 2, 2X are arranged in two rows, partly interleaved, so as to form a gap-like gap 4 between the mar-15 japen 9. The conveyors 3, 31 are arranged below the disc-shaped recovery members, the recovery members being inclined outwards with respect to the gap 4 and at the same time facing the belt conveyors on top of these. Conveyors are arranged to convey berries, e.g. raspberries 20, to storage conveyors 16, 163- for further transfer to a storage, e.g. a berry container; to simplify and illustrate the device, the storage conveyors are only partially described in the drawing and the berry containers are omitted.

25 Figure 4 shows a device of the type of Figure 1, i.

a power-driven device for collecting berries from shrubs. In the application of Figure 4, the device is equipped with a collection tunnel, i.e. with a special pesticide spray cassette 15 connected to the body 7 with its spray nozzle-30 for applying 17 pesticides. Instead of a pesticide spray cartridge, a currant pick-up cartridge, a branch cutting unit or the like can be connected to the device.

If desired, the disc-shaped or other types of receiving members 2, 2X can be arranged specifically resiliently against the berry bushes 9, i. the recovery members and / or their shafts 8 and / or their fastening members may be spring-loaded so as to resiliently press against the berry bushes. Further, for example, the substantially circular, circumferential rim of the disc-like art-receiving member may be wavy to provide a suitable vibrational movement 5 so that the berries fall suitably onto the conveyors. Furthermore, the shaft 8 of the collecting member can be eccentric so that the pick-up member also causes the shaking movement of the bushes.

Figure 5 shows a schematic and straight end view of the inclined plate-shaped guides 5 and 51 according to the invention shown in Figure 10 1. The figure shows how the guides are arranged step by step in a different plane and superimposed above the conveyor 3 so that the inner guides 5 and the outer guides 51 15 are inclined relative to each other so that the berries flow from one top of the guide to the other and finally to the conveyor 3.

Claims (2)

7 79775 CLAIMS Apparatus for collecting berries from bushes, the apparatus comprising a transfer tray (1) movable along the ground with respect to berry bushes; shaking members 5 (18, 183 ·) arranged to shake the stems of berry bushes; one or more rotating disc-shaped retrieval members (2, 21) which are flexible at their edges and form a recess (4) for their arms; and a conveyor (3, 31) located close to the ground and arranged to receive the berries falling from the stalks and to transfer them to the berry container, characterized in that the device comprises plate-shaped guides (5, 51) inclined above the conveyor (3, 31), is arranged stepwise in different planes, 15 inclined towards each other and interleaved with respect to each other and arranged to guide the berries from one end of the guide to another and finally onto the conveyor (3, 31). 1. Anordning för insamling av bär fruskar, vilken anordning omfattar ett transportunderrede (1), kan kan förflyttas längs Marken i förhällande account bärbuskarna; skakningsorgan (18, 18 ') anordnade att skaka pä bärbuskarnas kvistar; or a rotating body (2, 2 ') having a rotary shape, which is resilient to the image of the channel and the channel-shaped body (4) of the quartz; and transporters (3, 3 '), which are not covered by the provisions of this Regulation, but which do not comply with the requirements of this Regulation, the transport units (3, 3') must be styrorgan (5, 5 '), which is placerade trappvis i oiikä soon, lutande mot varandra ocellell varandra och anordnade att styra Bären frän 35 35 et styrorgan account that annat och till slut med pä transportören (3, 3 1).