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Melon pickup and loading machine

US3986324A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 9, 1975
Grant dateOct 19, 1976
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 9, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA01D51/00
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A machine for guiding melons from the ground onto lifting and distributing conveyors, having a fence for guiding melons along the ground toward a lift wheel which is rotating about a substantially horizontal axis, the wheel having flexible fingers extending radially therefrom to sweep the melons toward an upwardly inclined conveyor belt.

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