FRUIT CATCHER FOR CUCURBITS CROPS, WITH ACTIVE IN-ROLLER Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC A01D45/00 A01D51/00 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to agricultural machinery, in particular to vehicles designed to harvest the fruits of cucurbits crops. The fruit catcher comprises a frame, a closed chain contour with flexible blades, an in-roller, and a delivery tray. The in-roller comprises a flexible conveyor belt with fruit-catching blades in the form of fingers of elastic-flexible material. The fingers have a spherical thickening on the end and are fixed to the flexible conveyor belt with cross rows with the distance between the fingers t=40 … 60 mm. The conveyor belt is fixed in the support rod of the in-roller on the top with covering corners, on the bottom with a groove. On the frame of the closed chain contour a fruit-catching grid is provided consisting of fingers with the distance between the fingers, providing easy access of the fingers of the flexible conveyor belt. To copy the soil surface by the support rod it is provided a support wheel on its end. The drive of the conveyor belt is made from the hydraulic motor using hydraulic pump of the tractor hydraulic system.

EFFECT: invention provides the capture of fruits and their supply to the fruit-lifting circuit without damage.

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