Patent ID: 11957077
Assignee: IMPRESA DI PIETRO ALFONSO
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A machine for harvesting and shelling almonds, comprising:
a shelling machine combined with a harvesting machine,
wherein the shelling machine is connected to the harvesting machine so that an outlet of the almonds harvested by the harvesting machine coincides with a loading area of the shelling machine,
wherein the shelling machine has a body for collecting the almonds harvested by the harvesting machine, the body coinciding with a loading hopper designed to continuously supply the shelling machine,
wherein the shelling machine is arranged transversally to the advancement direction of the harvesting machine; and
wherein the shelling machine is connected to a top part of the harvesting machine so that, while the harvesting machine harvests the almonds from a row, the shelling machine bestrides an adjacent row to the row treated by the harvesting machine in order to discharge the shelled almonds into a body towed in an adjacent inter-row.