Patent ID: 9668416
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: A01D

Claim:
1. A scale for a collecting pass-through table used in a small fruit harvesting machine, the scale comprising: an elongated plate having an upper face and a lower face, said elongated plate having a proximal end and a free distal end, said plate being rigid, said proximal end being a fastening end, said elongated plate having an increasing width from said proximal end to said free distal end; and a stop rim partially surrounding the free distal end of the plate; said stop rim rigidly affixed to the free distal end of said elongate plate and extending upwardly above a plane of said upper face, said stop rim having a flexible lip that is elastically deformable, said stop rim extending outwardly of said free distal end, said stop rim being tilted in relation to said plane of said upper face, said stop rim having a forward end portion configured to face a working direction of the small fruit harvesting machine that is stiffened by an inwardly turned portion that extends in a direction toward a center of said upper face of said elongate plate so as to prevent a downward bending of said stop rim.