Cranberry-harvesting apparatus and method

Details Cranberry-harvesting apparatus and method Cranberry-harvesting apparatus and method

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A01D 46/00 (2006.01) A01D 45/00 (2006.01) A01D 46/24 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2494624

An apparatus and method for harvesting cranberries, the method including moving frame-mounted transverse dislodging rods over cranberry plants with each rod moving at the speed of the frame, thereby to dislodge cranberries from the cranberry plants. The apparatus includes a plurality of dislodging rods secured below the frame, the dislodging rods positioned substantially parallel to the field surface and generally perpendicular to the direction of movement whereby each dislodging rod is moved through the cranberry plants at the speed of the frame to dislodge the cranberries from the plants. Certain preferred embodiments use follower assemblies to configure an array of dislodging rods in an advantageous arrangement.

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