Patent · US Expired

Harvesting of trellis-supported grapevines

US4198801A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 17, 1978
Grant dateApr 22, 1980
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 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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