FOREST BERRIES GATHERING APPARATUS Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: agriculture. SUBSTANCE: apparatus has L-shaped handle attached to elongate collecting vessel provided with shield and elongate working member defined by two rows of parallel closed rods. Rods of one row of rods arranged in front part of working member are offset relative to rods of other row of rods and arranged above working member. Front lower parts of parallel surfaces of rods are continued with combing surface for gathering berries such as bilberry, blueberry, mountain cranberry. Combing surface is continued with wall positioned at an angle and attached to vessel bottom, which is positioned above combing surface of working member. Single cranberries are gathered by means of cock at the end of L-shaped handle. Cock is connected through tie-rod provided with lever to berry gatherer positioned above combing strip in side surface of working member. EFFECT: increased efficiency, simplified construction and wider operational capabilities. 2 cl, 4 dwg