Nut gathering apparatus

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR GATHERING NUTS FROM A GROUND SURFACE COMPRISING A FRAME INCLUDING TWO SPACED APART SIDE MEMBERS, A PAIR OF WHEELS MOUNTED LONGITUDINALLY CENTRALLY OF SAID FRAME FOR AFFORDING MOVEMENT THEREOF ON THE GROUND SURFACE, A NUT IMPERVIOUS REFUSE PREVIOUS CAGE SPANNING SAID FRAME SIDE MEMBERS AT THE FORWARD EXTREMITY OF SAID FRAME, SAID CAGE DEFINING A REARWARDLY CONCAVE ARCUATE NUT GUIDING SURFACE WHICH SURFACE TERMINATES AT A DISTANCE ABOVE THE GROUND SURFACE IN EXCESS OF THE DIAMETER OF THE NUTS FOR DEFINING AN INPUT END, AT LEAST ONE BLADE DRIVEN CONCENTRICALLY WITH SAID ARCUATE SURFACE FOR MOVING NUTS UPWARDLY ON SAID ARCUATE SURFACE, A RESILIENT STRIP EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY AND REARWARDLY FROM SAID CAGE FOR AFFORDING INGRESS OF NUTS THEREUNDER IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF THE APPARATUS ON THE GROUND SURFACE AND FOR PREVENTING EGRESS OF NUTS IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID BLADE, SAID CAGE TERMINATING AT THE UPPER END THEREOF IN A REARWARDLY TANGENTIALLY EXTENDING PORTION FOR DEFINING A DISCHARGE GUIDE SURFACE, AND A RECEPTACLE DISPOSED REARWARDLY BENEATH SAID DISCHARGE GUIDE FOR RECEIVING NUTS THEREFROM, SAID RECEPTACLE BEING DISPOSED LONGITUDINALLY SYMMETRICALLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID WHEELS TO RENDER THE BALANCE OF THE APPARATUS INDEPENDENT OF THE WEIGHT OF NUTS IN SAID RECEPTACLE.