STICK REMOVAL MECHANISM FOR NUT HARVESTING

摘要

The stick removal mechanism for nut harvesting includes a frame having opposing side members and sprockets mounted on the side members. A roller chain is mounted on the sprockets on each side of the frame. A plurality of cross members having fingers extending therefrom is attached to and extends between the roller chains for travel therewith. A plurality of cross members and their chains define an endless conveyor belt. An adjustable agitator mechanism is installed upon each of the side members, which adjusts corresponding agitator sprockets to lift and agitate the respective roller chains. The stick removal mechanism is installed over the open top of a collector receptacle, e.g., a cart, so that debris is carried atop the conveyor and dropped behind the cart while nuts fall through the passages between the fingers and into the receptacle.

主权项

1. A stick removal mechanism for nut harvesting, comprising:
a frame having parallel, elongate, opposing first and second side members, each of the side members having opposing first and second ends; a drive sprocket and a plurality of corresponding idler sprockets disposed along each of the side members; first and second conveyor roller chains disposed along the first and second side members, respectively, the conveyor roller chains extending about the drive sprockets and the corresponding idler sprockets; and a plurality of rigid cross members extending laterally between the conveyor roller chains, each of the cross members having a plurality of rigid fingers extending orthogonally therefrom, the fingers being disposed in the plane of the conveyor roller chains so that adjacent fingers define a corresponding plurality of nut passages therebetween, the conveyor roller chains, the crossmembers, and the fingers defining an endless conveyor.