Abstract: A method of removing pulp from a fruit which has been cut so as to expose a portion of the fruit pulp surrounded by an exposed area of peel including the step of directing one or more pressurized jets of gas onto the exposed portion of pulp so as to separate it from the remainder of the fruit while substantially preventing impingement of the one or more pressurized jets of gas on the exposed area of peel.

Abstract: Apparatus for removing pulp from a fruit which has been cut so as to expose a portion of the fruit pulp surrounded by an exposed area of peel including apparatus for mounting the fruit, apparatus arranged in spaced relation to the apparatus for mounting for directing one or more jets of gas onto the exposed portion of pulp so as to separate it from the remainder of the fruit, and apparatus for substantially preventing impingement of the one or more jets of gas on the exposed area of peel.

Abstract: Apparatus for removing pulp from a fruit which has been cut so as to expose a portion of the fruit pulp surrounded by an exposed area of peel including apparatus for mounting the fruit, apparatus arranged in spaced relation to the apparatus for mounting for directing one or more jets of gas onto the exposed portion of pulp so as to separate it from the remainder of the fruit, and apparatus for substantially preventing impingement of the one or more jets of gas on the exposed area of peel.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for separating clods from a mixture of clods and desirable agricultural product utilizing conveyor mechanism for conveying a mixture of clods and agricultural product to a position for free fall onto a separation surface, from which surface the clods and agricultural product rebound different distances into receiving areas.

Abstract: In a machine for picking-up agricultural produce from the ground of the type including a carriage movable over the ground, an inclined endless conveyor having at any given time sections constituting a pick-up section and a returning section and further comprising means for moving the conveyor, the improvement which comprises a conveyor with a pick-up section adapted to be moved by said means in the direction of travel of said carriage and a portion of a returning section thereof being adapted to lie loosely on the ground and to fold back upon itself at the point where the returning section changes its direction to constitute a part of the pick-up section, whereby there is formed a small turning radius at said point with the beginning of the pick-up section in close proximity to the ground.

Abstract: Apparatus for spraying trees and especially citrus trees comprising a mobile source of pressurized air adapted to be propelled along a path parallel to a row of trees to be sprayed; at least one nozzle connected to the source and having a throat in the form of a vertically oriented slip producing a sheet-like air blast whose principle plane is substantially vertically oriented; means associated with the list of oscillating the principle plane of the air blast about a substantially vertical axis through such an angle and at such a frequency as to impart an oscillatory movement to the leaf structure within the air blast thereby exposing each surface of the leaves to the blast; and a sprayhead associated with each nozzle out of the path of the air blast for spraying atomized liquid into the air blast at a location downstream of the throat.