Patent ID: 8336283

Claim:
A fruit harvesting machine comprising a motorised support structure ( 1 ) having a longitudinal axis and a harvesting assembly mounted on said structure by means of a suspension frame ( 2 ), said harvesting assembly comprising two shaker devices, each shaker device is mounted on either side of the longitudinal axis, the shaker devices are operable to detach the harvest from the plant stocks and a system for recovering the detached harvest, said shaker devices delimiting transversely between them a harvesting space into which the stocks to be shaken are introduced successively to move in said space between a front opening and a rear opening of said space, wherein the suspension frame ( 2 ) comprises a first longitudinal end part ( 6 a ) that is mounted on the support structure ( 1 ) with at least one degree of freedom in the transverse direction, a second longitudinal end part ( 5 a ) of said frame being mounted on the support structure ( 1 ) enabling transverse displacement of said first longitudinal end part relative to said second longitudinal end part, wherein the first longitudinal end part ( 6 a ) and the second longitudinal end part ( 5 a ) are aligned along the longitudinal axis.