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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1976
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1973
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul F Paddock, Riverside, CA (US);
Jerry W Cramer, Upland, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sunkist Growers, Inc., Sherman Oaks, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198266 ; 198254 ;
Abstract
A conveyor having a single row of receptacles to seat individual fruit of a corresponding row of citrus fruit moves the fruit in succession past a station where it is required that the major axis of each fruit, i.e., the axis through the stem and blossom ends of the fruit be parallel to the direction of travel of the fruit. In each receptacle the individual fruit rests on a pair of parallel power-actuated spool-shaped rollers the axes of which are parallel to the direction of travel of the receptacles, which rollers spin the fruit to cause the major axes of the fruit to be oriented parallel to the direction of travel.