Abstract: A mobile system for improving the picking and preliminary processing of apples, citrus, stone fruit and the like is disclosed and claimed. The system comprises a mobile chassis upon which can be mounted picking stations, pneumatic tube transport subsystems, receiving and conveying subsystems, object scanning subsystems, cull diverter subsystems, labeling subsystems, and subsystems for relatively gently placing the objects in a predetermined location in a receiving bin. The system can also include a subsystem for gently placing diverted objects in a receiving bin.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 13, 2009
Date of Patent:
February 8, 2011
Assignee:
Picker Technologies LLC
Inventors:
Vincent E. Bryan, Jr., Vincent E. Bryan, III, Alex E. Kunzler, Randy Allard, Anthony Finazzo, Marc Bommarito, Jeffrey A. Cleveringa