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IN THE PALM FRUIT HARVESTING MACHINE OF THE PRESENT INVENTION A SUPPORT MEMBER (23) FOR SUPPORTING CYLINDERS IS CONNECTED TO THE DISTAL END OF A SWINGABLE ARM (14) OF A VECHICLE BODY (6) OF THE MACHINE FOR PIVOTINGMOVEMENT IN A GENERALLY VERTICAL PLAN AND FOR ROTATION IN HORIZONTAL PLANE RELATIVE TO THE ARM (14).PISTON RODS (30,31) HAVING A BLADE MEMBER (39) AND A PENETRATOR (34), RESPECTIVELY, ARE PROVIDED IN THE CYLINDERS TO EXTEND UPWARD. IN ORDER TO HARVEST PALM FFB, THE MACHINE OPERATOR FACES A PALM TREE, MOVES THE MACHINE TO A DESIRED POSITION AND OPERATES AN OPERATING HANDLE (8).THE ARM (14) AND THE SUPPORT MEMBER (23) ARE SO MOVED THAT THE BLADE MEMBER (39) IS BROUGHT TO A POSITION SUITABLE FOR CUTTING PALM FROND AND FFB.THE PENETRATOR (34) PENETATES INTO A PALM FFB BEFORE IT IS CUT BY THE BLADE MEMBER (39).THE MOST SUITABLE ORIENTATION OF THE BLADE (39) IS ATTAINED BY ROTATING THE SUPPORT MEMBER (23).(FIG 5)
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