Fruit Harvester Platform

摘要

A mobile picking platform system includes a mobile picking platform having a mobile carriage with a superstructure supporting multiple adjustable picking stations. A storage box carrier on the mobile picking platform has a pick position with storage boxes held at optimum heights for access by pickers on the picking stations, an unload position in which full storage boxes are unloaded onto a ground surface, and a load position for receiving empty storage boxes.;A storage unit carries empty storage boxes and facilitates transfer of storage boxes to the mobile picking platform. A shuttle trailer may also be included in the system to transfer empty storage boxes to the mobile picking platform and storage unit. The shuttle trailer has a down positon in which full storage boxes may be picked up from a ground surface, and an up position for transferring storage boxes to the storage unit or mobile picking platform.

主权项

1. A mobile picking platform system for optimizing picking operations of agricultural products, comprising:
a) a mobile picking platform comprising:
i) a mobile carriage with a first end, a second end, a first side, and a second side;ii) a superstructure mounted on the mobile carriage of the mobile picking platform, supporting a plurality of picking stations extending laterally from at least one of the first side of the mobile carriage of the mobile picking platform and the second side of the mobile carriage of the mobile picking platform; andiii) a storage box carrier mounted on the mobile carriage of the mobile picking platform, comprising:
A) a first carrier section having a first end and a second end;B) a second carrier section with a first end adjacent to the second end of the first carrier section and a second end, the second carrier section having a load position in which the second end of the second carrier section is elevated above a ground surface, an unload position in which the second end of the second carrier section is adjacent the ground surface, and a pick position in which storage boxes on the storage box carrier are positioned proximate to each of the plurality of picking stations of the superstructure of the mobile carriage; andC) a first lifting mechanism supporting the second carrier section on the mobile carriage of the mobile picking platform, for moving the second carrier section between the load position, the unload position and the pick position.