BUSH BERRY HARVESTER Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: agriculture. SUBSTANCE: harvester has frame carrying activator with vibration exciter, drive mechanism, catcher, fan, and is further provided with fruit separator coupled with catcher and made in the form of bearing wheel mounted in vertical position and having horizontal pin. Bearing wheel has inner and outer races, inner race being immovably fixed on frame and outer race being positioned for rotation relative to inner race and coupled to drive mechanism. Outer race is equipped with separating fingers arranged in two rows circumferentially of outer race at an angle to rotation axis thereof. Inner row separating fingers are arranged in spaced relation with respect to one another, said space being equal to 1.5-2 fruit diameters, and outer row separating fingers are separated from one another by distance making 3-4 fruit diameters. Inner row separating fingers are shorter than outer row separating fingers. Both rows of separating fingers on outer race are arranged at an angle of 15-30 C to axis of rotation of said race. Harvester may be used for harvesting of bush berries, such as sea buckthorn. EFFECT: increased efficiency in separating of small-sized fruits and compound fruits from leaves, increased yield and reduced labor intensity. 2 cl, 2 dwg