摘要 |
Apparatus for harvesting and cleaning nuts and the like is mounted at the rear of a tractor and comprises a blower having a discharge conduit adapted to blow a stream of air in a direction normal to the path of travel of the tractor and generally parallel to the ground to entrain nuts and accompanying debris. A grid-like ramp is attached to the tractor and disposed in the air stream. A basket is mounted at the high end of the ramp and a backstop grid is positioned at the edge of the basket remote from the ramp. Nuts and debris entrained in the air stream are blown onto the ramp, the debris falling through the spaces in the grid while the nuts ride up the ramp and pass into the basket. The backstop prevents nuts from being blown over the basket.
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