Fruit collector featuring scales with limited displacement and scale intended for such a collector
US11044850B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 29, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jun 29, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 4, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01D2046/262
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A scale and a fruit collector with connected rows of scales is provided. The rows of scales extending between an intake and an outlet of the collector parallel to a median axis of the collector, scales including respectively a succession of scales with overlap, mounted as pivots on a support with a return to a resting position, each scale presenting a longitudinal median scale axis extending from the proximal to distal end of the scale and forming, in the resting position, an acute angle of aperture with the median axis, relative to the collector intake, and in which each scale presents a capability to pivot relative to the support, between the resting position and at least one bent-back position towards the outlet of the collector, reducing the angle of aperture. At least one hindrance limits an amplitude of divergent displacement, respectively between two successive scales of a row of scales.
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