PICKUP LOADER OF GOURD FRUIT Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC A01D51/00 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: pickup loader comprises a frame, a gripping-transporting device and a roller which is connected to the gripping-transporting device. The gripping-transporting device is made sectional in the form of as a row of cylindrical counter rotating cord drums mounted at a rolling friction angle of fruit to the horizontal plane of 13-17°. In the front part of the cord drums a bearing assembly is located, closed with a hemispherical casing with an elastic coating and attached to the frame by the cross bar and longitudinal beams of the frame. Under the cords, the distance between which is equal to the size of a standard fruit, an elastic drum is mounted to prevent the passage of the fruit into the interior of the drum. The drive of the cord drums is made of hydraulic motors, through the gear reducers fixed to the cross bar. For directing the fruit to the section of the counter rotating cord drums an angle piece-guide is provided, based on the gauge wheel, fixed to the cross bar of the frame using a hinge post. The lower part of the cord drums is connected to the unloading web-apron conveyor, the rear vertical part of which has an elastic coating. The drive of the conveyor is made from the hydraulic motor. To secure the fruit the transverse planks are provided. For implement combining of the pickup loader the frame has a linkage mounting for the front linkage on the tractor. The drive hydraulic motors are connected to the tractor hydraulic system.

EFFECT: improvement of accuracy and simplification of measurement, increase in operational reliability, reduction of fruit damage.

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