| 摘要 |
An agricultural implement for use when pruning or trimming orchard trees, or when picking fruits, which has a wheel mounted frame for movement between rows of orchard trees and that includes a hold for a fruit crate. The frame mounts a plurality of work platforms on each side of the frame for lateral movement of the platforms toward and away from the frame. Power-driven fruit transport means move the fruit from the platforms to a central gathering belt mounted to the frame for discharge of the fruit into the crate. A fruit decelerator between the discharge end of the gathering belt and the crate significantly reduces the vertical speed of the fruit as it moves through the decelerator to prevent high-speed impacts and resulting damage to the fruit. Means are provided for raising and lowering at least some of the work platforms to enable the use of the implement on relatively tall trees, to facilitate the transport of the implement on public highways and to reduce the required storage room.
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