Patent ID: 6745551
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
A tree harvesting machine comprising a mobile wheel-based chassis, a laterally disposed tree shaking device mounted on said chassis, a first set of angled crop catching panels mounted on said chassis adjacent to said shaking device, a deflection panel mounted below said angled catch panels, and a vertically adjustable upwardly extending support structure mounted on said chassis, said support structure having a horizontally adjustable overhead section to which a swingable carriage is hingedly attached, said carriage extending out and away from said overhead section and including a lower section to which a second set of angled crop catching panels are attached, such that said second set of panels detachably engage said chassis near said first set of panels and above said deflection panel when the carriage swings in so as to form a receptacle below the branches of a tree for catching the crops shaken from the tree.