Harvesting of trellis-supported grapevines
US4198801A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 17, 1978 |
| Grant date | Apr 22, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 17, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S56/02
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The harvesting of grapes from vines grown on a horizontal trellis-supported wire wherein the wire and fruit-bearing portions of the vine which are secured to the wire are directly held and uniformly shaken along the length of the wire with no shaking energy being directly imparted to the vine trunks or to the foliage canopy over the fruit-bearing portions of the vines and with minimal disturbance of the canopy.
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