ROTARY PICKUP OF MELONS AND GOURDS WITH COPYING FRUIT GUIDE Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC A01D51/00 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: pickup comprises a frame (1) with supporting wheels (2 and 3), a trailer spoke (4), a platform (5) with copying wheels (6 and 7), a fruit guide (8), a left and a right harvesting rotor (9 and 10), a longitudinal conveyor (11), and a fruit-loading conveyor (12). The fruit guide (8) consists of separate copying elements (17) mounted on the front beam of the platform (5) with the possibility of free movement in the vertical plane and made in the form of a ski with a horizontal section which along the radius R passes into a sloping section mounted at an angle equal to the inclination angle α of the platform to the horizon. Under each copying element (17), an adjustable stop is installed, which limits the lowering of the element when copying the field relief and lifting the platform (5) to the transport position.

EFFECT: improving the conditions for rolling fruits on the pickup platform and preventing their damage.

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