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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2009
Jean-paul Berthet, La Chaize Giraud, FR;
Thierry Le Briquer, Coëx, FR;
Jean-Paul Berthet, La Chaize Giraud, FR;
Thierry Le Briquer, Coëx, FR;
CNH America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a fruit-harvesting machine including a motorized support structure () and a harvesting assembly mounted on the structure by a suspension frame (), the harvesting assembly comprising two shaker devices adapted to detach the harvest from the plant stocks and a system for recovering the detached harvest, the shaker devices delimiting transversely between them a harvesting space into which the stocks to be shaken are introduced successively to move in the space between a front opening and a rear opening of said space, wherein the suspension frame () includes a rear part () that is mounted on the support structure () with at least one degree of freedom in the transverse direction, a front part () of the frame being mounted on the support structure () enabling transverse displacement of the rear part relative to the front part.