US 12,225,853 B2
Harvesting device and method for harvesting fruit hanging from a plant
Peter Johannes Lodewijk Geurts, Horst (NL)
Assigned to FINE FIELD B.V., Melderslo (NL)
Appl. No. 17/425,800
Filed by FINE FIELD B.V., Melderslo (NL)
PCT Filed Jan. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/NL2020/050054
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/159371, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2022482 (NL), filed on Jan. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0330482 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A01D 46/22 (2006.01)
CPC A01D 46/22 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A harvesting device for harvesting fruit hanging from a plant, comprising:
a frame displaceable in a transport direction;
at least one container displaceably mounted on a guide which extends from the frame in a direction of extension substantially transversely of the transport direction; and
at least one catcher mounted on the at least one container,
wherein the at least one catcher comprises:
an arm extending substantially in the direction of extension from the container; and
at least one flexible catching element attached to the arm and extending substantially parallel to the transport direction from the arm.