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Art's-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc.

Shore-Mate Industries, Inc.

Majestec 125, LLC

Wayne A Vogel

Donald Windemuller

Howard W Taylor

Charles B Bauer

Charles Bauer

A harvester for root crops such as beets is provided which preferably provides continuous flow of root crops from a header, along a transfer assembly, through a processing run, and to an elevator assembly. The harvester can be configured to include or accommodate interchangeable header assemblies having different numbers of rows and/or row spacings. The transfer assembly can be of a floating type and helps to provide an even distribution of beets to the grabrollers. The processing run includes full-length cleaning grabrollers disposed parallel to the direction of travel. Modular elevator assemblies can be provided to further enhance harvester versatility. Such an approach includes interchangeable ferris wheel and scrubber chain elevator assemblies. An improved scrubber chain elevator assembly can be used which has a wraparound scrubber chain design. A pivoting tank conveyor for evenly filling a holding tank can be included. Large diameter carrier wheels on a single axle positioned for improved balance, flotation, and maneuverability typically are important basic characteristics of the harvesters.

Continuous longitudinal flow root crop harvesting

A dinghy lift for mounting to a boat beneath a swim platform. The dinghy lift includes a pair of space-apart lift mechanisms that are mounted to the stern beneath the swim platform. The lift mechanisms do not extend outwardly beyond the swim platform and therefore are generally hidden from view. A pair of arm are removably mounted to the lift mechanisms. The arms extend outwardly beyond the swim platform to form a cradle for the dinghy. The lift mechanisms selectively move the arms between a lowered position for loading and unloading the dinghy and a raised position for storing the dinghy.

Dinghy lift

A straddle-type, self-propelled crop harvesting machine having an inverted U-shaped frame for passing over a row of crop bearing bushes. The frame has a longitudinal opening through which the row of crop bearing bushes pass and into which depend a pair of spaced, freely rotatable picking members. Each picking member is supported from a subframe which is pivotally attached to the main frame of the harvesting machine. Each subframe is supported on an air bag which can be used to set the initial height of the picking assembly and which also tends to isolate vibration from the main frame of the harvesting machine. A bearing assembly depends from the subframe and supports a housing in which two rotatable eccentric weights are mounted. The weights rotate in a vertical plane in phase but in opposite directions so that the weights pass at the top and bottom of each rotation and impart a vertical force to the housing. The weights are horizontally spaced from one another which imparts a horizontal twist to the housing as the weights extend outwardly in opposite directions. An elongated shaft depends from the housing and supports a plurality of spaced tiers of elongated fingers which can penetrate deeply into each bush. The sum of the vertical and horizontal forces imparted to each housing by the rotating eccentric weights is imparted to the depending shaft and picking fingers. The picking fingers undergo a complex motion which enables each picking finger to apply both a vertical and a horizontal force to each branch of a bush to gently harvest the crop.

Blueberry picking machine

A blueberry picking machine having a supporting frame from which two brush-like bush contacting members depend. The brush-like bush contacting members rotate freely when they contact a bush. Each bush contacting member is reciprocated vertically by an end driver unit containing counter-rotating weights rotating in a vertical plane to enable each brush-like member to dislodge ripened fruit from each branch contacted. The ripened fruit falls onto a plurality of movable catcher pans from which the fruit can travel to a continuous conveyor belt on each side which carry the fruit to the rear of the machine. A source of air supplies a large volume of air under the catcher pans and also blows air through the conveyor belts to clean the picked fruit. Secondary air sources are provided for blowing additional air through the conveyor belts to further clean the picked fruit.

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Fremont, MI, United States of America

Wayne A Vogel