Abstract: A tool for olive-picking, includes a rod bearing, at one of its ends, a handle with which a lever is associated, for controlling a pneumatic actuator located at an opposite end of the rod. The actuator swings a comb provided with tines, each of them being made up of two sections having a thicker and a thinner diameter respectively. Each tine is coated with a sheath of elastic and yielding material, which prevents olives from being damaged during the picking, that is carried out by inserting the comb among the branches first, and then by the subsequent swinging, controlled by the actuator.

Abstract: A system for the disinfection of prune branches or vines shoots includes a pair of shears having blades hinged by a pin. A specially shaped thin blade is fastened to the pin for holding a nozzle located on the cutting edge of the cutting blades. Disinfectant liquid is contained under pressure in a tank and is delivered to the nozzle through a valve attached to the body of the shears and actuated by a lever that also controls operation of the shear blades. Pressurized liquid disinfectant is delivered concurrently with the shearing action of the blades. All components for disinfectant delivery are external to the shear body and blades and detachable therefrom.