Patent ID: 7716909
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A berry harvester comprising: a movable frame displaceable in the berry field for collecting berries; a rake head mounted to the movable frame and extending forwardly thereof, the rake head having a rake base, a rake engageable with berry bushes and including a plurality of spaced apart rake teeth extending forwardly from the rake base and having tooth tips, opposed to the rake base, the rake having a top face for collecting berries and an opposed bottom face facing a ground of the berry field in a harvesting position; and a cleaner mounted to the rake head, juxtaposed to the bottom face of the rake, having a plurality of protrusions extending from the bottom face of the rake towards the top face of the rake into the interspaces defined between adjacent rake teeth, and being slidable along the rake teeth in a forth and back motion from the rake base towards the rake tooth tips in conformity with the bottom face of the rake for cleaning the rake.