Mechanical harvester

Abstract

Abstract A GROUND TRAVELING HARVESTER FOR NUTS AND THE LIKE COMPRISING A FULL WIDTH PICKUP UNIT INCLUDING AN ELONGATED DRUM MOUNTING PICKUP FINGERS, AND AN OVERLYING ADJUSTABLE HOOD WHICH COOPERATES WITH THE FINGERS IN THE RAISING AND REARWARD DISCHARGING OF THE NUTS. THE RAISED NUTS ARE DEPOSITED ON AN UPWARDLY AND REARWARDLY TRAVELING CHAIN BELT. A SECOND CHAIN BELT TRAVELS UNDER THE LOWER PORTION OF THE FIRST CHAIN BELT AND RETAINS THE NUTS FOR TRAVELING MOVEMENT BY THE FIRST CHAIN BELT WHILE ALLOWING TRASH AND THE LIKE TO DROP THERETHROUGH FOR DISCHARGE ON THE GROUND. CONTINUED TRAVEL OF THE FIRST CHAIN BELT BEYOND THE SECOND CHAIN BELT RESULTS IN A DROPPING OF THE GATHERED NUTS THROUGH THE FIRST CHAIN BELT ONTO A PANEL WHICH DIRECTS THE NUTS TO A CROSS CONVEYOR. A TRASH DISLODGING FAN DISCHARGES THROUGH THE SECOND PORTION OF THE FIRST CHAIN BELT. THE CONVEYOR FEEDS THE NUTS TO ONE END OF A ROTATING SCREEN DRUM FOR A MORE COMPLETE SEPARATION OF THE TRASH FROM THE NUTS. SUBSEQUENT TO A TRAVEL OF THE NUTS THROUGH THE SCREEN DRUM, THE NUTS ARE ELEVATED BY A ROTATING ELEVATOR FOR DEPOSIT IN AN OUTLET SPOUT OR CHUTE WHICH EFFECTS A LATERAL DISCHARGE OF THE CLEANED NUTS FROM THE MACHINE.

Inventors

• 👤 Wilmot L Sides

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