ELECTRIC FRUIT-PICKING DEVICE Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC A01D46/24 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: electric fruit-picking device contains a handle, a knife fixed on the handle, a mini gear motor, and a power supply unit. The power supply unit is arranged in the knife body. The knife is made in the form of two coaxially placed cylindrical blades. The blades have ellipsoidal cutouts in the upper part. The blades have cutouts on the cutting and the counter-cutting edges. The ratio of the cutout diameter to its depth is 2:5 at the constant opening angle of 30°. The ellipsoid cutouts are arranged at the angle of 20° to the knife axis. The cutting blade is mounted on the shaft of the gear motor. The knife handle is made hollow, with the possibility of accommodating spare batteries therein. At the end, the handle is equipped with a threaded cover. On the knife body the switch of the gear motor is mounted.

EFFECT: increased productivity, ease of use and application versatility.

2 cl, 3 dwg