Patent ID: 8028507

Claim:
Picking arrangement for the picking of at least one fruit located on an elongate stem of a plant comprising: a support movable along the ground; the support having a longitudinal axis, the support forming an elongate picking gap around the longitudinal axis and being bounded by lateral edges, the support being configured to guide the stem through the picking gap without the fruit while the fruit is separated from the stem at the edges; the support being positioned with the longitudinal axis oriented substantially vertically relative to the ground; at least one carrier movably guided on the support, wherein the at least one carrier is configured to grasp the stem and feed the stem to the picking gap with a longitudinal axis of the stem oriented substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the support; at least one intake roller rotatably mounted on the support, the rotational axis of the roller being oriented parallel to the longitudinal axis of the support, at least one intake element extending radially away from the rotational axis of the intake roller attached to the intake roller.