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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 1984
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1983
Nobuo Ukai, Yanagawa, JP;
Nagahiro Kawano, Kurume, JP;
Yasumasa Toyofuku, Kurume, JP;
Akira Nakamura, Ookawa, JP;
Tsukihoshi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha, Kurume, JP;
Abstract
A conveying tool comprises a funnel-shaped hopper and a tubular conveying part connected to the bottom of and hanging downward from the hopper, the conveying part comprising one unit section or a plurality of unit sections detachably connected end-to-end, each unit section comprising a pair of opposed and spaced-apart, rectangular main sheets and a pair of opposed rectangular side sheets with vertical edges secured to respective vertical edges of the main sheets thereby to form a tubular structure. The main sheets possess elasticity and flexibility and have, on the inner surfaces thereof, a large number of elastic projecting members, and the side sheets possess flexibility and are more pliable than the main sheets. Picked fruit dropped into the hopper are braked in their descent by the elastic projecting members and the inner wall surface of the conveying part and are thereby slowly lowered without damage to a container on the ground or on a vehicle.