MULTI-LANE FRUIT GUIDE ASSEMBLY FOR A JUICE EXTRACTOR AND RELATED METHODS

摘要

A fruit guide assembly (110) includes a frame (158) to be positioned between a fruit conveyor and a multi-position fruit feeder, and a vibrator (160) and a fruit guide body (162) each removably fastened to the frame. The fruit guide body has an upper surface with alternating ridges (168) and valleys (170) therein defining a plurality of fruit lanes (172). The fruit guide body has spaced apart upper (166, FIG. 9 ) and bottom (164, FIG. 9 ) walls so that the fruit guide body is hollow. It may comprise rotationally molded polyethylene, for example.