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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
David Jeffrey Meester, Fresno, CA (US);
Assignee:
FMC Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D / ; A01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
460114 ; 460119 ; 460123 ; 193 27 ; 414 21 ;
Abstract
The invention is a harvester which is able to weigh harvested fruit. The harvester transfers the fruit from the harvester by a transfer conveyor. The weighing system is a first shoe and a second shoe supported on the end of the transfer conveyor. A load cell supports the second shoe and is used to determine the weight of the fruit in the second shoe. A linkage system is used to keep the first shoe and second shoe in desired relative positions as the transfer conveyor is moved up or down.