| 摘要 |
Apparatus for separating fruits and vegetables from leaves, vines and the like which includes a flume containing a flow of water in which the fruits and plant waste material are carried; a series of generally upright, spaced-apart inclined rods located within and across the flume with upper ends inclined in the direction of flow; and an inclined endless belt having a flat, upwardly moving surface transverse to the direction of flow and a lower end in the flume. The angle of inclination and the speed of movement of the belt, together with the coarseness of its surface, causes the leaves and vines to adhere to the belt and be drawn out of the flume while the fruits roll down the belt to be carried along in the flume. The modification of this invention provides for the fruits, leaves and vines to be discharged on to the top of a similarly inclined, upwardly moving belt whereby the fruits roll down and off the belt to be collected for processing while the vines and leaves adhere to the belt and are carried upwardly to be discharged over the top and collected for disposal.
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