Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01D—HARVESTING; MOWING
  • A01D46/00—Picking of fruits, vegetables, hops, or the like; Devices for shaking trees or shrubs
  • A01D46/26—Devices for shaking trees or shrubs; Fruit catching devices to be used therewith
  • A01D46/264—Devices for beating or vibrating the foliage; Fruit catching devices to be used therewith
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01D—HARVESTING; MOWING
  • A01D46/00—Picking of fruits, vegetables, hops, or the like; Devices for shaking trees or shrubs
  • A01D46/26—Devices for shaking trees or shrubs; Fruit catching devices to be used therewith
  • A01D2046/266—Portable devices to shake branches

Definitions

• This invention is related to olive shaking machines used in the olive harvesting.
• the machine is classified in the shaking olive harvesting machine.
• Its head portion consists of shaker sticks aligned with determined angles on two combs, cartel upon which combs are articulated, a gear box fixed to the cartel and an electrical motor.
• Its handle portion consists of a telescopic or a fixed pipe.
• the electrical cable of the motor reaches up to the handgrip; it goes outside after its contact with on off button is enabled. From here it is connected to a power unit.
• the invention is particularly related to an olive harvesting machine which obtains high torque at low speeds as a result of first transmitting the rotation movement received from the motor drive gears to a plurality of timing gears by means of a gear group and to the curved connecting rods by means of the timing gears, and from here to the combs.
• the combs are enabled to move in a different manner compared to each other. Accordingly in the first situation when we position the two combs in the upper and lower dead points, it is possible to move the two combs simultaneously to the right and to the left laterally ( Figure 1 ,2).
• the second condition is the operation position of the timing gears simultaneously when they are at upper and lower dead points ( Figure 3,4).
• Figure 3,4 the operation position of the timing gears simultaneously when they are at upper and lower dead points.
• the comb movement made is their approaching to each other and moving away from each other.
• the combs make shearing however they do not make balance, the machine gives minimum vibration to its user and protects the user of the machine ergonomically.
• Prior Art Olive harvesting is a process which shall be done without giving damage to the tree however because the number of olives on one tree is too much, it is a process that cannot be performed by hand.
• Olive harvesting can be made by shaking the tree without using any machine. However this process is very tiring for reasons that both cause occupational illnesses and provides a very low efficiency. For this reason various techniques and machines have been developed for olive harvesting.
• Mechanical olive harvesting can be done by means of the machines which are mounted to the vehicles such as a tractor and enable to shake the whole tree.
• the tree is shaken by means of big combs that are inserted between the branches of the tree and harvesting is performed.
• this method provides a high efficiency, the machines have disadvantages because they are both big and costly and disadvantageous in respect to usage and invention.
• the comb directions are fixed because the connection points of the connecting rods are the same.
• the positions and directions of the comb do not change.
• different motions can be obtained by means of a single machine by making an advantageous required positioning.
• the connecting rods are used with a flat structure and this comb causes the cartel engagement point to protrude outside, thus to enlarge the cartel and to increase costs.
• the diameter of the gear In order to transmit motion from only one gear to the connecting rods, the diameter of the gear must be big. Therefore this causes the expansion of the cartel, increases costs and decreases the ergonomic feature of the machine by means of making the machine heavier.
• the aim of the invention is to provide less noise and more comfortable usage by providing required shaking motion at lower speeds. Due to the curved structure of the connecting rods, the area of the comb is extended and the sizes of the used cartel are reduced. In addition to this, reduced cartel sizes also decrease the production costs. A required advantageous usage is provided to the user by means of enabling freedom of motions to combs with only one machine.
• Figure 1-2 are the front views of the inventive harvesting machine (motion position
• Figure 3-4 are the front views of the inventive harvesting machine (motion position
• Figure-5 is the side view of the inventive harvesting machine
• Figure-6 is the side view of the inventive harvesting machine
• Figure-7 is the perspective view of the gear box of the inventive harvesting machine.
• the motions received from the electrical motor (1) are transmitted to the drive gear (2).
• the motion made by the drive gear (2) around its own axis is transmitted to the wheel gear (3) to which it is engaged.
• the shaft gear (4) which is engaged with the wheel gear (3) by means of a shaft transmits motion to the timing gears (5) which are the main aspects of the invention.
• the connecting rods which are used in the other harvesting machines are designed in a curved manner in the inventive olive harvesting machine.
• the curved connecting rods (6) are engaged to the timing gears (5) by means of the connection pins.
• the engagement center on the comb (8) is not included within the projection of the engagement center of the timing gear (8) due to the fact that the connecting rod is curved. This allows more opportunity of movement to the comb (8) and the required cartel (7) for the desired motion shifts to the center of the comb (8) engagement point. By this means the size of the cartel (8) is reduced.
• Connecting rods start to move in horizontal and vertical axes together with the rotation of said gears and they transmit the motion to the combs to which they are engaged with their other ends by means of the pins.
• the advantageous position can be desired; if it is a movement to the same direction or to the opposite direction, the timing gear can be positioned according to the lower and upper dead points and interim variations. Accordingly this enables freedom of movement in the operation of the machine.

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