Patents by Inventor Jean P. Cote

Jean P. Cote has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5191758
    Abstract: A harvester for nut-bearing trees comprising a self-propelled chassis having a forwardly projecting, vertically shiftable frame carrying a tree-shaking mechanism and a flexible fabric canopy foldable from a generally transverse, transport position relative to the chassis to an inverted cone-shaped configuration surrounding the trunk and lower limbs of a tree. A portion of the cone-shaped configuration is defined by a rigid vertically inclined wall having windows for the operator to view the tree being approached and the interior of the canopy during the tree-shaking operation. Nuts, hulls and trash shaken from the tree into the canopy are carried by conveyors through a trash-separating zone and then through a dehuller. The separated nuts are then sized and bagged according to size by mechanisms mounted on the self-propelled chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1993
    Assignee: Continental Wholesale Florists, Inc.
    Inventor: Jean P. Cote