CUCURBITACEOUS FRUIT PICKUP Russian patent published in 1999 - IPC

FIELD: agricultural engineering, in particular, cucurbitaceous crop harvesting equipment. SUBSTANCE: pickup has lifting drum, frame and sectioned thrower. Sections of thrower are coupled to frame by parallelogram mechanism 8 with front bracket 9. Carrier wheel 10, guiding rollers 11 and spring-loaded shield 12 are mounted on front bracket 9. Guiding rollers are fixed on vertical spindle. Shield 12 is fixed by pivot hinge. Fruit shifting belt 13 is disposed in offset position on front bracket 9 and shield 12. Fruit shifting belt is provided with tension device 14 and is running transverse to guiding rollers 11. EFFECT: increased efficiency and improved quality of harvested crop by reduced damage to fruit. 3 dwg