Patents Assigned to California Tomato Machinery, LLC
  • Harvester apparatus and method for separating ripe fruit from harvested plants
    Patent number: 6415592
    Abstract: A harvester system for separating ripe fruit such as tomatoes from harvested plants includes first and second sorters for detecting and sorting loose fruit and accepting or rejecting the loose fruit on the basis of the detected color and a transport conveyor for recycling rejected loose fruit from the second sorter back through the first sorter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: California Tomato Machinery, LLC
    Inventor: Milton Borchard