Patent ID: 6481190
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: A01D,A01G,Y02A,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for harvesting agricultural products from plants, comprising the steps of:cultivating product-bearing plants in parallel rows; extending processing passages in a longitudinal direction between the parallel rows so that each row adjoins one of the processing passages; extending harvest conveyor belts in a longitudinal direction between the parallel rows so that each row adjoins one of the conveyor belts, the harvest conveyor belts being positioned in parallel to the processing passages; providing product delivery points at one end of each of the harvest conveyor belts; and while standing in one of the processing passages, placing product picked from the plants onto a corresponding one of the harvest conveyor belts and operating the corresponding harvest conveyor belt to transport the thus-placed product to a corresponding one of the product delivery points.