Nut Windrow Gatherer

摘要

A nut windrow gatherer for use in organizing and shaping the end of a nut windrow. The present system has a housing with two sidewalls, a rear spoiler plate, and two splayed arms affixed to a front side of the housing. There is a support arm configured to mount the housing to a vehicle and adapted to adjust the pitch and roll of the housing to ensure that the bottom surfaces of the splayed arms are in constant contact with the orchard floor. When the housing is controlled by a vehicle, the sidewalls and rear spoiler plate are configured to gather nuts that are spread out on an orchard floor and transport them in order to reduce the length of a nut windrow, leaving sufficient room for harvesting equipment to maneuver into an orchard throughway.

主权项

1) A nut gathering unit, the gathering unit comprising:
a housing having a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and a spoiler plate extending from the first sidewall to the second sidewall defining an interior with a closed end and an open end, wherein the spoiler plate is positioned perpendicular to the sidewalls at an angle such that a top portion of the spoiler plate is disposed closer to the closed end of the interior than a bottom portion of the spoiler plate; a first splayed arm disposed on the first sidewall adjacent to the open end of the housing, wherein the splayed arm is positioned at an obtuse angle relative to the interior; a second splayed arm disposed on the second sidewall adjacent to the open end of the housing, wherein the splayed arm is positioned at an obtuse angle relative to the interior.