JPH11151025A - Harvesting tool for fruit grown at high place - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a safe and inexpensive tool for harvesting a fruit grown at a high place. SOLUTION: An extensible rod 1 is formed by connecting plural hollow rod members, a fruit dropping opening 21 having a circular frame 20 is fixed to the tip end of the rod 1 and a cylindrical mesh chute 2 for harvesting a fruit is dangled from the frame 20. A base member 30 for fixing a driving apparatus 3 is fixed to the frame 20 at a side opposite to the rod 1 and scissors- like blades 40 are openably attached to the base member 30. The blades 40 of the scissors-like part 4 are forced to open with a spring member 41 and driven to be closed by the driving force of the driving apparatus 3. The calyx or stem of a fruit is cut and the fruit is dropped into the chute 2 by this fruit harvesting tool.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for harvesting high-altitude fruits.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a method of harvesting fruits,
2. Description of the Related Art There is known a method in which a lifter is mounted on a stepladder or a vehicle, and an operator rides on the lifter to remove fruits at high places.

[0003]

However, such a method involves a risk that a person falls from a high place, and is particularly dangerous on a slope. Also, vehicles with lifters are expensive. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a safe and inexpensive high altitude fruit harvesting device.

[0004]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, the present high-altitude fruit harvesting device includes a plurality of hollow rod members 1.
Stretchable pole 1 by connecting 0,11,12 to each other
A fruit drop outlet 21 having an annular frame 20 shown in FIG. 2 is arranged at the tip of the rod 1, and FIG.
And a cylindrical fruit harvesting chute 2 is provided in a hanging manner. On the opposite side of the rod 1 in the frame 20 of FIG. 2, a base member 30 for fixing the driving device 3 is provided.
And the blade 4 of the scissor-like portion 4 is fixed to the base member 30.
0 and 40 are attached to open and close freely. In this high-altitude fruit harvesting device, the blades 40, 40 of the scissors-like portion 4 are urged in the opening direction by a spring member 41, and the driving device 3
By driving the blades 40, 40 of the scissors-like portion 4 in the closing direction by the driving force, the fruit is dropped onto the harvesting chute 2 by cutting the settle or the axis of the fruit.

[0005] As shown in FIG.
Is a motor 31 fixed to the base member 30, a speed reducer 32 for amplifying the rotational force of the motor 31, and the amplified rotational force to the blades 40, 40 of the scissors-like portion 4 in FIG.
And a cam member 33 that converts the reciprocating motion to open and close. A power line 13 for supplying electric power to a motor 31 is inserted and wired in the rod members 10, 11, and 12 in FIG. 1, and a switch 15 for driving / stopping the motor 30 is provided on a hand 14 of the rod 1. (FIG. 1B) is provided. Although the battery 16 serving as a power source is mounted on the base end of the rod 1, the power source may be obtained from a battery or the like.

Next, a method of using the present high-altitude fruit harvesting apparatus will be described. When harvesting fruits, as shown in FIG. 1 (a), the rod 1 is extended and the blade 4 of the scissors-like portion 4 of FIG.
Set so that the fruit axis is located between 0 and 40.
Then, when the switch 15 is pressed, the motor 31 shown in FIG. 3B is driven, and the cam member 33 shown in FIG.
By rotating in the direction, the blades 40,
When the blade 40 is opened and closed as indicated by the arrow B and the blades 40 and 40 are closed, the fruit shaft is cut off. Fig. 1
(A) The fruit fall shoot 21 falls from the fruit fall opening 21 to the hand. On the other hand, since the blades 40, 40 of the scissors-like portion 4 in FIGS. 3A and 3B are urged in the opening direction by the spring members 41, 41, they stand by in an open state.

[0007]

As described above, according to the present invention, the scissors-like blade is attached to the tip of the long rod, and the switch at hand of the rod is operated to open and close the scissors-like blade. You can harvest fruits from shoots, so you don't have to go up high. Therefore, fruits can be harvested with a safe and inexpensive device. In addition, since the pole is stretchable, it is short when not in use, so it is excellent in storage and portability. In addition, since the scissors-like blade is driven by the driving device, anyone can easily harvest work. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing an embodiment of a high-level fruit harvesting apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a fruit falling port.

FIG. 3 is a plan view and a side view showing a scissor-like blade and a driving device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: Rod 10, 11, 12: Rod member 13: Power line 14: Hand part 15: Switch 16: Battery 2: Fruit harvest chute 20: Frame 21: Fruit drop port 3: Drive device 30: Base member 31: Motor 32: Reduction gear 33: cam member 4: scissors-like part 40: blade 41: spring member

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of rod members are connected to each other to form an extensible rod, a fruit dropping port having an annular frame is disposed at the tip of the rod, and a cylindrical fruit harvesting chute is provided on the frame. And a base member for fixing a driving device to the frame is fixed, and a scissor-like blade is attached to the base member so as to be openable and closable, and the scissor-like blade is attached in an opening direction by a spring member. High altitude fruit harvesting in which the scissors-like blade is driven in the closing direction by the driving force of the driving device, thereby cutting the settle or axis of the fruit and dropping the fruit onto the harvesting chute. apparatus. 2. The reciprocating device according to claim 1, wherein the driving device includes a motor fixed to the base member, a speed reducer for amplifying a rotational force of the motor, and a reciprocating blade for opening and closing the amplified rotational force. And a switch for driving / stopping the motor at a hand of the rod by inserting a power line for supplying electric power to the motor through the hollow rod member and wiring the power line. A high-altitude fruit harvesting device.