APPARATUS FOR MANUAL PICKING OF FRUITS FROM TREE Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC A01D46/00 A01D46/24 A01D46/26 

FIELD: agricultural tools for manual fruit picking.

SUBSTANCE: apparatus has box-like casing with double-sided double grip comprising double slot with parallel double edges. Spring-loaded fruit stalk intersecting link mechanism with drive and knife-lever whose blade is placed within double grip has collecting reservoir with discharge window orthogonal with respect to grip, and attachment unit for attachment to pole. Inlet opening of reservoir is provided on its side surface. Fruit stalk intersecting link is made in the form of secondary knife-lever with immovable shaft of rotation provided at end opposite to blade, and drive for knife-lever formed as secondary spring-loaded rotating opposite lever commensurable in its length with knife-lever and pivotally connected therewith through plank, said levers being connected in their mid portions, and two blocks sequentially connected through flexible tie-rod. Movable block giving gain in power has wheel positioned at end of second lever. Immovable block is designed for changing direction of applied force. Its wheel is positioned on casing, with axis of immovable block wheel being oriented orthogonal to axes of rotation of levers.

EFFECT: provision for visual control during picking of fruits and avoidance of knife jamming to thereby enable convenient operation of apparatus.

5 dwg