FIELD: agricultural engineering, in particular, machines for harvesting and separating seeds from cucurbitaceous fruits.
SUBSTANCE: method involves forming fruits into windrows; directing fruits into cells of lifting drum by means of which they are lifted and thrown onto tray; directing fruits to zone where drums with catches are located; gripping fruits by means of drums equipped with catches and adapted for rotation in opposite directions and guiding into gaps therebetween for further cutting into halves; orienting fruits with their cut portion upward and fixing on conveyor for combing out of seeds, followed by throwing of seeds into hopper; directing fruit halves free of seeds to charging zones for charging into vehicles. Apparatus has windrow forming section, lifting drum equipped with cells, tilt tray, drums with catches, knife positioned on frame of upper drum and provided with toothed comb, and tilter with counterweight, feeding conveyor having belt equipped with pins, roller conveyor positioned at the level of lower drum at the side opposite to direction of advancement of fruits and at an angle to feeding conveyor, said roller conveyor being provided with elastoplastic plates, separating drum mounted above feeding conveyor and provided with flexible members adapted for combing out of seeds, and seed hopper positioned under feeding conveyor and provided with movable bottom. Hopper is communicating with conveyor for charging of fruit halves and fruit seeds into vehicles. Upper drum is positioned for movement in vertical plane in conjunction with knife and tilter. Knife is located for reciprocation longitudinally of drums. Tilter is positioned for movement along circle sector around immovable axis.
EFFECT: reduced intensity of labor for separating seeds from cucurbitaceous fruits and improved quality of resultant product.
3 cl, 2 dwg
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