Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090056297 | LINEAR STALK SEPARATOR WITH ALTERNATING OSCILLATING MOVEMENTS - Stalk separator for the de-stalking of small fruit picked in bunches, in particular for the de-stalking of grapes. The invention includes a conveyor belt and a de-stalking device positioned above this conveyor belt. The de-stalking device includes at least two spaced assemblies positioned opposite each other, each assembly featuring a number of stacked separator arms. The mechanical drives communicate a high frequency oscillating movement to the assemblies of stacked separator arms. | 03-05-2009 |
20090057107 | HANDLING DEVICE WITH FLEXIBLE LINK CHAINS AND BARS - Handling device of the present invention includes spaced-out transverse bars connected through their ends to endless lateral drive chains made of links. The chains include a series of flexible links connected through bars. | 03-05-2009 |
20090057208 | SORTING TABLE WITH SORTER ROLLS FOR ELIMINATION OF FOREIGN MATTER REMAINING MIXED IN A HARVEST OF SMALL FRUIT - Sorting table with sorter rolls eliminates foreign matter remaining mixed in with the products of the harvest of small fruit. The present invention features a sorting system constituted by a succession of rotating rolls of cylindrical shape arranged in parallel so as to form a mobile sorting plane, and a locomotion device, allowing the rotating drive of the rolls in the same direction, so as to allow transporting the grapes dumped on the upstream part of this sorting plane, in a direction that is perpendicular to the axis of the rotating cylindrical rolls and over the entire length of the sorting plane. The rotating cylindrical rolls are laid out so as to allow the passage and drop-off of only the small fruit to be sorted, whereas the foreign matter of a size larger than that of the latter remains on the surface of the mobile sorting plane and is evacuated at the downstream end of it. | 03-05-2009 |
20100024373 | BERRY HARVESTING MACHINE, ESPECIALLY GRAPE HARVESTING MACHINE, EQUIPPED WITH A SHAKING SYSTEM AND MECHATRONIC SHAKING CONTROL FOR THIS SYSTEM - Berry, such as grape, harvesting machine includes a plurality of superimposed shakers formed by flexible bars, and attached through their ends to two vertical shafts. At least one shaft is an oscillating actuation shaft controlled by a mechatronic shaking control permitting an oscillating movement. The mechatronic shaking control includes an eccentric system connected to the actuating shaft through a connecting rod, and the rotation axis of the eccentric system is mounted with an orientation adjustable in a plane parallel to the median plane of the machine so that any modification of this orientation permits to modify the amplitude of the oscillating movement of the actuating shaft, and, consequently the amplitude of the shaking movement of the shakers. | 02-04-2010 |
20100024374 | SHAKER WITH ADJUSTABLE STIFFNESS FOR HARVESTING MACHINES AND HARVESTING MACHINES USING SUCH SHAKERS - Shaker with adjustable stiffness for harvesting machines, especially grape harvesters, includes two berry detaching assemblies, facing each other. Each assembly includes a plurality of vertically spaced out flexible shakers, having the general shape of a hairpin and two branches connected through a curved portion. The end of one of these branches, the activation branch, connects to an actuation system while the end of the other branches connects to a fixed support. The activation branch is equipped with a mechanism to modify the degree of stiffness or flexibility of the branches over at least a portion of length, and thereby, to adjust the degree of stiffness or flexibility of the shaker assembly. | 02-04-2010 |
20100139234 | HARVESTING MACHINE FOR SMALL FRUIT PRODUCED IN ORCHARDS - Harvesting head for small fruit produced in orchards, in particular for the harvesting of olives, featuring a shaking system including two fruit detaching assemblies mounted opposite each other and separated by a vertical space, characterized in that each of these fruit detaching assemblies comprises two sub-assemblies, i.e. a first lower sub-assembly and a second upper sub-assembly, offset towards the back relative to said lower sub-assembly and in the direction of travel of the machine in operation. | 06-10-2010 |
20100139235 | HARVESTING HEAD AND SELF-PROPELLED STRADDLING VEHICLE FOR HARVESTING FRUIT-BEARING HEDGES - Harvesting head for picking fruit-bearing hedges, including a chassis in the form of a portal structure supporting, on the one hand, a shaking system including two fruit-detaching assemblies, mounted opposite each other and separated by a vertical space, and, on the other hand, two conveyor systems for receiving and transporting the harvested fruit to a receiving container, the lower horizontal portions of these two conveyor systems also providing tightness, below the shaking units. This harvesting head being supported by a mounting frame which is meant to be rigidly fastened, preferably in a removable manner, at the rear of a self-propelled straddling vehicle, including a height-adjustable chassis. The position of said harvesting head is height-adjustable in relation to said mounting frame, so that when said harvesting head is fastened to the chassis of the self-propelled straddling vehicle, it is mounted in a height-adjustable fashion in relation to said self-propelled straddling vehicle. | 06-10-2010 |
20120073257 | AUTOMATIC BYPASSING DEVICE OF TYING POSTS IN FRUIT-BEARING HEDGES, AND AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT MAKING USE THEREOF - Device for the automatic bypassing of tying posts or stakes in fruit-bearing hedges, in particular for trimming machines featuring a working head having two vertical rotating drive shafts on which are mounted two stacks of toothed cutting disks and an opening wheel. The stacks being able to assume a position where they come closer to each other and then intersect, or a position where they get further apart where the cutting disks of each stack find themselves distanced from the cutting disks of the other stack. Each opening wheel is mounted on its drive shaft through the intermediary of the speed reducer coupled to said shaft. The invention also concerns agricultural machines equipped with such a device. | 03-29-2012 |
20120131894 | SORTING TABLE FEATURING GRADING ROLLS WITH MODIFIABLE AND ADJUSTABLE GAPS, AND MACHINES AND INSTALLATIONS MAKING USE THEREOF - A sorting table with grading rolls supported by end supports and positioned to form a sorting plane. The rolls are rotated in the same direction and configured to create at least one opening between adjacent rolls to permit the pass-through of only the products to be sorted or calibrated. Larger products remain at the surface and are evacuated downstream. The gap between rolls can be modified. Elastic elements are interposed between said end supports and means of actuation for are provided bringing said end supports and the rolls supported by the latter closer together or moving them farther apart, in opposition to the antagonistic action exerted by said elastic elements to decrease or increase the cross section of the openings, displacements in the opposite direction of said end supports and of the grading rolls being achieved by the action of extension or compression of said elastic elements. | 05-31-2012 |
20120229809 | SELF-CONTAINED AND PORTABLE OPTICAL SPECTROMETER - The invention relates to a portable and self-contained optical spectrometer for analyzing a light spectrum backscattered by an illuminated sample, in order to deduce the content of at least one compound constituting the sample, said spectrometer being arranged about an optical axis and including: a target area centered on said optical axis; a plurality of optical sensors trained on the target area; an opaque measurement chamber including: an opening centered on said optical axis; at least one diffusing filter blocking said opening; and an inner bottom capable of housing the plurality of optical sensors and a main illumination device capable of illuminating the sample. The invention further relates to a method for using such a spectrometer. | 09-13-2012 |
20140048348 | HYDRAULIC STEERING OF VEHICLES AND SELF-PROPELLED MACHINES - Hydraulic steering for automobiles and self-propelled machines features at least two steering wheels and has a steering wheel linked to a hydraulic distributor, characterized in that it has at least two hydraulic modules. Each module includes a module body including an assembly having a double piston integral in translation with a rack. The piston is housed with a sliding aptitude in a cylinder body in which it delimits two opposite chambers. Each module also includes a gear meshing with the rack. Each of these modules is linked, on the one hand, through the intermediary of its pivoting element to one of the steering wheels and, on the other hand, through the intermediary of its fixed organ, to the vehicle chassis, and in that said distributor is connected to one of the chambers delimited by the rack piston of each module, the second of the chambers communicating with each other. | 02-20-2014 |