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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2020
Applicant:
Harvest Croo, Llc, Plant City, FL (US);
Inventors:
Mark Morrow, Camden, SC (US);
Paul Miller, Cheraw, SC (US);
Timothy Vernarsky, Hartsville, SC (US);
Robert Henry Pitzer, Tampa, FL (US);
Assignee:
HARVEST CROO, LLC, Plant City, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 25/04 (2006.01); B65B 35/24 (2006.01); B65B 1/32 (2006.01); B65B 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 25/045 (2013.01); B65B 1/22 (2013.01); B65B 1/32 (2013.01); B65B 25/046 (2013.01); B65B 35/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for filling a container with fragile fruit involving submerging the container in water to better distribute the fragile fruit within the container. The container may be filled with fragile fruit either before or after being submerged in water. The fragile fruit may be transported using a stream of water or other suitable fluid medium.