摘要 |
A manually manipulated device for removing fruit, particularly oranges or other citrus fruit, from the trees on which they grow by separating the fruit from the stems and collecting the dislodged fruit. The device includes a small portable motor having an offset longitudinally extending fruit engaging member which is rotated in a circular path in order to engage the fruit in a downward direction adjacent its connection with the stem for separating the fruit from the stem with the device also including an attached collection pan communicated through a hose with the source of vacuum or provided with a ground supported collection tray which underlies substantially one-half of a tree which also may be communicated with a source of vacuum from its lowest point.
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