Patents by Inventor Luc Camiel Dupon

Luc Camiel Dupon 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: 5642610
    Abstract: A machine for harvesting fruits, berries and the like, from fruit trees and bushes planted in rows, the machine comprising a straddling chassis capable of moving across a field, a shaker assembly mounted on the chassis and including at least one pair of elongated shaker members which extend generally in the longitudinal direction of the machine and which are spaced transversely from one another and situated respectively on opposite sides of the central fore-and-aft axis of the machine so as to define an active shaking zone. Each shaker member is formed by a rod of flexible material. The machine further comprises a control mechanism operatively connected to the rods to drive them synchronously with a reciprocating motion in a direction extending transversely relative to said fore-and-aft axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Assignee: New Holland North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Luc Camiel Dupon, Jean-Paul Marcel Lucieu Martin, Daniel Henri Andre Marie Le Neve