A destemmer (14) for use in a fruit harvester (10) includes a frame (16), a box (18) carried by the frame (16), and an eccentric drive (20) connected with the box (18). The box (18) includes an inlet (36) for receiving berries clusters. At least one top link (52) interconnects the box (18) and the frame (16), with each top link (52) including a first end (56) pivotally connected to the frame (16), a second end (58) pivotally connected to the box (18). At least one bottom link (54) interconnects the box (18) and the frame (16), with each bottom link (54) including a first end (62) pivotally connected to the frame (16), a second end (64) pivotally connected to the box (18). The longitudinal axis (60) of each top link (52) and the longitudinal axis (66) of each bottom link (54) intersect at a virtual pivot axis (68) (when viewed from a side of the box (18)) which is located upstream from the inlet (36) to the box (18), relative to a travel direction (50) of the berries and foreign material through the box (18).
A01D 46/28 - Vintaging machines, i.e. grape harvesting machines
A23N 15/02 - Machines or apparatus for other treatment of fruits or vegetables for human purposesMachines or apparatus for topping or skinning flower bulbs for stemming, piercing or stripping fruitRemoving sprouts of potatoes
A conveying system (30) for a fruit harvester (10) that includes at least one conveyor (32) traveling along a travel path that comprises a first path section which defines a first longitudinal axis (A1) and a plurality of buckets (34) connected to the at least one conveyor (32). The first path section is at least partially twisted such that the at least one conveyor (32) and the plurality of buckets (34) along therewith twist relative to the first longitudinal axis (A1) of the first path section.
A sorting table (18) for sorting fruit includes a frame (20) with a first side member (28) and a second side member (30), a plurality of conveying rollers (22) carried by the frame (20), a plurality of sorting rollers (24) carried by the frame (20) and positioned downstream from the conveying rollers (22), and a pair of combs (38) positioned respectively with the first side member (28) or the second side member (30). Each comb (38) includes slots (40) associated with a respective one of the sorting rollers (24). The sorting table (10) is characterized in that each of the combs (38) is pivotally coupled with the corresponding first side member (28) or the second side member (30). An actuator (44) is coupled with each of the combs (38) for selectively moving the pair of combs (38) in directions transverse to the crop flow direction (26). An electrical processing circuit (56) coupled with the actuator (44) is configured for controlling the actuator (44) and thereby selectively increasing or decreasing a spacing between the sorting rollers (24).
A cleaning fan (100) for use in a cleaning system of a fruit harvester (10) includes a housing (102) and a rotor (106) disposed within the housing (102). The rotor (106) includes a hub (124) and a plurality of blades (126). The cleaning fan (100) is characterized in that the cleaning fan (100) is configured as a mixed flow fan combining high- volume flow characteristics with increased pressure delivery characteristics. The hub (124) is a frustroconical shaped hub with an axis of rotation (122), a smaller diameter inlet end (128) and a larger diameter outlet end (130). Each of the blades (126) is attached to the hub (124) and curves from the inlet end (128) toward the outlet end (130), relative to a direction of rotation (132) of the rotor (106), whereby air is blown during operation both axially and radially.
A cleaning fan system (200, 300, 500, 600, 700) for use in a fruit harvester includes at least one cleaning fan (100) having an inlet (114) and an outlet (116). The cleaning fan system is characterized in that the at least one cleaning fan (100) is configured as a mixed flow fan with a rotor (106) having a frustroconical shaped hub (124) and a plurality of blades (126). The hub (124) includes a smaller diameter inlet end (128) and a larger diameter outlet end (130). Each blade (126) is attached to the hub (124) and curves forward from the inlet end (128) toward the outlet end (130), relative to a direction of rotation (132) of the rotor (106), whereby air is blown during operation both axially and radially. At least one intake duct (202, 302, 502, 602, 702) includes at least one inlet (204, 304, 504, 604, 704) and an outlet (206, 306, 506, 606, 706). Each inlet (204, 304, 504, 604, 704) is positioned in association with an area to be cleaned on the fruit harvester, and the outlet (206, 306, 406, 506, 606, 706) is coupled with an inlet (114) of a corresponding cleaning fan (100).
Harvesting unit comprising a chassis (1) intended to be moved along rows of plants to be harvested, and a shaker system including at least one shaker device (3), said shaker device comprising: a drum (5) operable to detach a crop from said plants, said drum comprising a drum shaft (6) mounted for rotation on said chassis about a vertical axis (A) and shaker organs (7) mounted to said drum shaft; a rotational driving mechanism of said drum, said mechanism comprising a driven body (10) and a first driving device (11) engaged with said driven body to steer its rotation about said vertical axis; an oscillatory driving mechanism of said drum about said vertical axis, said mechanism comprising at least one eccentric module (18) and a second driving device (19) engaged with said module to steer its rotation, said module being connected to the drum shaft (6) by a mechanical member (20) arranged to transform the eccentric rotation of said module into an oscillation of said drum shaft, the eccentric module (18) being mounted for rotation on the driven body (10) of the rotational driving mechanism, the mechanical member (20) being arranged to transmit the rotation of said driven body to the drum shaft (6).
The invention relates to a system for cleaning a flow of harvested crop, said system comprising a conveyor (9) arranged to convey said flow downstream of said conveyor into a cleaning zone (Z) into which said flow is intended to be discharged, and a suction cleaning unit (10) located above said cleaning zone and operable to generate an upward air flow through said cleaning zone for extracting residues (L) contained in said discharged flow, said system further comprising at least two conveying rolls (11a, 11b) that are disposed behind the downstream end of the conveyor (9) in an upstream part (Za) of the cleaning zone in order to be fed with the flow of harvested crop discharged from the conveyor (9), said conveying rolls being arranged to convey said crop flow and to discharge it into a downstream part (Zb) of the cleaning zone (Z), wherein passages (P) are formed between or through said rolls, said passages being arranged to allow an upward air flow (A) therethrough for extracting residues (L) from the crop present on the conveying rolls (11a, 11b).
The invention relates to a process for conveying a flow of harvested crop along a first conveyor (11), which is configured to convey said flow along a first direction (L1), and a second conveyor (12) arranged downstream of said first conveyor and which is configured to convey said flow along a second direction (L2) different from said first direction (L1), said process providing for operating the first conveyor (11) at a variable conveyor speed (S) presenting a cycle of acceleration and deceleration, said cycle being operable to ensure a spatial repartition of the flow of harvested crop on the second conveyor (12), which receives said flow at a location that is variable according to the first direction (L1).
The invention relates to a device comprising at least one motorized conveyor (10, 13, 14) for conveying a flow of harvested crop between an upstream (10a, 13a, 14a) and a downstream (10b, 13b, 14b) ends of said conveyor along a longitudinal direction (D10, D13, D14), said device further comprising: - at least a sensor for monitoring a longitudinal inclination of the device in relation to a nominal orientation of said device; - means for computing a conveyor speed based on said monitored longitudinal inclination, said conveyor speed being adapted to maintain the conveying kinematics of the harvested crop independent from said inclination; - means for operating the motorized conveyor (10, 13, 14) at said computed conveyor speed.
A01D 46/28 - Vintaging machines, i.e. grape harvesting machines
A23N 15/00 - Machines or apparatus for other treatment of fruits or vegetables for human purposesMachines or apparatus for topping or skinning flower bulbs
The invention relates to a process for weighing the harvested crop stored in at least one tank (9) supported by a frame (3) of a harvesting machine, said frame being mounted on a wheel set (2) by means of a lifting device (10) which is operable to move said frame upwardly and downwardly upon controlling a hydraulic system of said machine, said process comprising an acquisition procedure (C, D, E) wherein, upon controlling the hydraulic system for lowering and raising the frame (3) on a displacement course, the process providing for: determining at least one height position of the frame (3) on said course; measuring the lowering A1, B3 and the raising A2, B4 pressures in the hydraulic system at said position; calculating, from said measured pressures, a balancing pressure Pf, Pe for said frame; wherein said acquisition procedure is Performed before unloading the stored crop in order to calculate a loaded balancing pressure Pf and after said unloading in order to calculate an empty balancing pressure Pe, and the weight W of the stored crop is calculated from a pressure variation ∆P between said balancing pressures.
A01F 12/50 - Sack-filling devicesCounting or weighing devices
A01B 59/06 - Devices specially adapted for connection between animals or tractors and agricultural machines or implements for machines mounted on tractors
A01D 41/127 - Control or measuring arrangements specially adapted for combines
A01D 43/08 - Mowers combined with apparatus performing additional operations while mowing with means for cutting up the mown crop
A01D 46/00 - Picking of fruits, vegetables, hops, or the likeDevices for shaking trees or shrubs
A01D 46/28 - Vintaging machines, i.e. grape harvesting machines
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HARVESTING MACHINE COMPRISING A HARVESTING UNIT AND A SYSTEM FOR RECOVERING THE CROP DETACHED BY SAID HARVESTING UNIT
The invention concerns a harvesting machine comprising a harvesting unit (4) and a system (8) for recovering the crop (F) detached by said harvesting unit, said recovering system comprising at least one conveyor (11) adapted to recover the crop (F) detached by the harvesting unit (4) and to convey said crop along a conveying path (12) of said system, the recovering system (8) comprising a removing device (16) for removing debris elements that might be conveyed with the detached crop (F), said removing device comprising two rotary organs (17) which form therebetween a mouth (18) that is adjacent to the conveying path (12) in order to be able to catch debris elements protruding from the conveyor (11), said mouth converging into an inner gripping zone (19) formed by a narrow gap (20) between said rotary organs, said removing device further comprising a drive unit (21) for the rotation of at least one of the two rotary organs (17) in order to extract from the conveyor (11) any debris element caught by the mouth (18) and then gripped between said rotary organs.
Process of operating the air conditioning system (5) of a cab (1) of a vehicle, said air-conditioning system comprising: a circuit (9) for supplying said cab with air coming at least partially from the exterior of said cab; a blowing device (10) for blowing an air flow inside said circuit; filtration means (11a, 11b) for removing pollutants from the air blown into the cab (1) through said circuit; said process comprising a regular procedure wherein the air-conditioning system (5) is operated to blow the air supplied by said circuit, said process comprising a test of the efficiency of the filtration means (11a, 11b), wherein said test provides for: spraying an identified fluid upstream of the filtration means (11a, 11b) whilst the blowing device (10) is operated to blow an air flow inside the circuit (9); monitoring the air flow supplied by the circuit (9) at a location (22) downstream of the filtration means (11a, 11b) for detection of the possible presence of the sprayed fluid by means of at least one appropriate sensor provided at said downstream location; and providing by means of said sensor a signal representative of the efficiency of said filtration means upon the detection of such a presence.
The invention concerns a system for associating two elements (11) by their adjacent flexible walls (11b), said system comprising: said two walls and at least two orifices (14) formed in each of said walls to be aligned two by two when said walls are in a juxtaposed position; a pair of tabs (15) being operable to be arranged next to the aligned orifices (14) respectively on one side of juxtaposed walls (11b), mutual coupling means (16, 17) of the tabs (15) adapted to be engaged through said aligned orifices in a position wherein said walls are plated between said tabs; the couplings means (16, 17) comprising a pin (16) provided on a tab (15) and a hole (17) provided on the other tab (15) and operable to be disposed respectively through and next to the aligned orifices (14) when said tabs are arranged on either side of the juxtaposed walls (11 b), a pin (16) of a tab (15) being arranged to be irreversibly coupled within a hole (17) of another tab (15) in a position wherein said walls are plated between said tabs.
B65G 17/12 - Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriersEndless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface comprising a series of individual load-carriers fixed, or normally fixed, relative to traction element
A01D 46/28 - Vintaging machines, i.e. grape harvesting machines
The invention discloses a shaker device comprising at least one motorised member (20) that is intended to transmit by contact a shaking force to objects to be shaken, said member including a plurality of structural inserts (22, 24) that are covered by a wear jacket (23), each of said structural inserts (22) having respective left lobes (25) and right lobes (26), said inserts being distributed in the jacket (23) so as to form a respective discrete stack of left lobes (25) and right lobes (26).
The invention discloses a shaker device comprising at least one motorised member (20) that is intended to transmit by contact a shaking force to objects to be shaken, said member including at least one structural insert (22, 24) that is covered by a wear jacket (23), said structural insert including a reinforcement included in a matrix that is covered by the jacket (23), said matrix being based on a material which is different from that of the jacket (23) in that it is adapted to adhere to the reinforcement and to the material of the jacket (23).
Process of operating the air conditioning system (5) of a cab (1 ) of a machine, said system comprising: a circuit (9) for supplying said cab with air coming from a recycling branch (9a) and an exterior branch (9b); a blowing device (10) for providing an air flow (FE) inside said circuit; filtration means (11, 11 a, 11 b, 15) for removing pollutants from the air (FR, FE) blown in the cab (1 ) through said circuit; said process comprising a regular procedure wherein the system (5) is operated to balance the air supplied by each of the branches (9a, 9b), said process comprising the monitoring of a signal indicative of a potential contamination of the cab (1 ) and, upon the detection of such signal, a flushing procedure wherein the system (5) is operated to: increase the flow of air (FE) supplied in the cab (1 ) by the blowing device (10) through the circuit (9); balance said flow of air to supply air (FE) coming only from the exterior branch (9b) by closing the recycling branch (9a); and open an exhaust flap (28) within the cab (1 ) for increasing the evacuated flow of air; said flushing procedure being performed for a determined period of time before performing again the regular procedure.
The invention concerns a hydrostatic transmission device of a mobile machine comprising: - at least one first "front left" motor (Mavg) and at least one second "front right" motor (Mavd), - at least one first "rear left" dual motor and at least one second "rear right" dual motor, said dual motors each consist of a first elementary motor (Marl g; Marl d) and a second elementary motor (Mar2d; Mar2g), - the second elementary motor (Mar2g) of the first "rear left" dual motor is linked in series with the first "front left" motor (Mavg), a serial duct (3g) being provided between said two motors, - the second elementary motor (Mar2d) of the second "rear right" dual motor is linked in series with the second "front right" motor (Mavd), a serial duct (3d) being provided between said two motors, - each serial duct (3g, 3d) comprises a valve (Vg, Vd) having an opening for the passage of the fluid into the serial duct, said valve comprising a first position (I) in which said opening has a maximum cross-section, and a second position (II) in which said opening has a reduced cross-section, the movement of said valve between these two positions being activated in response to a control instruction that is generated when the mobile machine is travelling on a slope with a tilt.
A motorized conveyor has a plurality of rollers spaced longitudinally, the rollers being driven in rotation to move the flow of harvest on the rollers in a longitudinal direction between upstream and downstream transverse axes, each roller having a surface of revolution comprising grooves that extend transversely and continuously over its entire length, so as to enable transverse routing of the flow of harvest while it is being conveyed.
A23N 15/00 - Machines or apparatus for other treatment of fruits or vegetables for human purposesMachines or apparatus for topping or skinning flower bulbs
A23N 15/02 - Machines or apparatus for other treatment of fruits or vegetables for human purposesMachines or apparatus for topping or skinning flower bulbs for stemming, piercing or stripping fruitRemoving sprouts of potatoes
A01D 46/28 - Vintaging machines, i.e. grape harvesting machines
B65G 13/04 - Roller-ways having driven rollers all rollers driven
A01D 46/00 - Picking of fruits, vegetables, hops, or the likeDevices for shaking trees or shrubs
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