Patent ID: 8984852
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: A23N

Abstract:
1. A huller device for hulling bunches of fruits and stalks after a harvest and separating the fruits from the stalks, the huller device comprising: two shaking units disposed side by side and defining a vertical space therebetween into which the bunches are intended to be directed by gravity, each of said shaking units including a respective first horizontal shaft and a respective series of parallel fingers suspended from said first horizontal shaft, said first shafts being mutually parallel; a collector disposed under said two shaking units and configured to collect fruits and stalks; and drives configured to drive the stalks, said drives including two second shafts being parallel to said first shafts and two sets of parallel rotating disks, each of said sets of rotating disks being mounted on a respective one of said second shafts; each of said second shafts being disposed relative to a respective one of said shaking units to cause said rotating disks of each of said drives to pass between said fingers of a respective one of said shaking units and to cause part of said rotating disks to penetrate into said vertical space, said part of said rotating disks disposed in said vertical space having a downward movement.