BERRY PICKING DEVICE Russian patent published in 2023 - IPC A01D46/00 

FIELD: forestry; agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: invention is intended for collection of berries and fruits, primarily wild plants. The device for picking berries contains a single-axle trolley with wheels, on which a berry picking unit is fixed, kinematically connected to the wheels of the trolley, and a hopper for receiving berries. The berry picking unit is made in form of two metal disks, between which there are four combs formed by rows of L-shaped elements fixed between the metal disks with the possibility of combing the bushes of wild plants during rotation of the berry picking unit from the bottom up and capturing the berries with the inner part of the L-shaped elements. When the berry picking unit is further rotated, the plucked berries are rolled along the inner part of the L-shaped elements and rolled down along the outer surface of other L-shaped elements into the berry receiving hopper located along the entire berry picking unit.

EFFECT: device for picking berries allows to reduce labor intensity and increase the productivity of picking berries compared to manual picking.

1 cl, 3 dwg