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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2008
Applicants:
Jean-paul Berthet, La Chaize-Giraud, FR;
Christophe R. Defurne, La Chapelle-Hermier, FR;
Christine Nakas, Le Poiré sur Vie, FR;
Inventors:
Jean-Paul Berthet, La Chaize-Giraud, FR;
Christophe R. Defurne, La Chapelle-Hermier, FR;
Christine Nakas, Le Poiré sur Vie, FR;
Assignee:
CNH America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07B 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device () for sorting a harvested stream of fruit in bunches is mounted in a harvesting machine. The sorting device includes at least two transverse sorter bars () driven with a cyclic relative movement, the cyclic relative movement enabling longitudinal displacement of the stream over the bars, while opening passages () between them. The passages allow detached berries to drop under the sorting device.