Patent ID: 7584590

Claim:
A machine for the harvesting and boxing of products, in particular leaf vegetables cultivated in greenhouses, the machine comprising: a main frame supporting a front cutting bar; a means for collecting and transferring a product longitudinally towards a rear portion of the machine such that the product is transferred from said cutting bar to a box, said box receiving the product, said main frame being mounted to tracks or wheels, said main frame having a power unit connected thereto, said cutting bar being a belt or an alternating blade; a platform connected to said main frame at the rear of the machine for holding workers and a number of pallets of boxes; a secondary frame associated with said main frame, said secondary frame traversing a forward direction of movement of the machine, said secondary frame being mounted for movement such that said secondary frame moves from a central position and a protruding lateral position, said secondary frame laterally protruding from one side of said main frame when said secondary frame is in said protruding lateral position; a transporter located at the rear portion of the machine, said transporter traversing said forward direction of the machine, said transporter receiving the product from said means for collecting and transferring the product and loading the product into the box for receiving the product, said transporter being supported on said secondary frame, said front cutting bar, said means for collecting and transferring the product and said transporter defining an operating group, said secondary frame moving in a direction transverse to the main frame between said central position and said protruding lateral position via a rotating means, wherein said secondary frame moves with said operating group in said direction transverse to said main frame between said central position and said protruding lateral position with respect to said main frame via said rotating means.