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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 1985
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard L Ledebuhr, Haslett, MI (US);
Clarence M Hansen, East Lansing, MI (US);
Assignee:
Board of Trustees of Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
56331 ; 56 165 ; 56330 ; 56DI / ;
Abstract
A process and apparatus applicable to solid-set fruit growth such as strawberries in which a single harvest applies to an entire solid-set field and the harvest does not destroy the plants but separates foliage and trash from the fruit in an aerodynamic sequence and subsequent singulation of the fruit occurs under conditions of aerodynamic levitation of the fruits and clusters at the point of cropping connective tendrils.