Inventor: Ali Mohammed Ali Ali/University of Baghdad/Collage of Agriculture/Department of Agriculture machines and Equipment
Abstract
A citrus picker was developed in order to be functioned both manually or mechanically. The implement is comprised of a serrated disc fixed inside the cutting cylinder which cuts the fruitage’s stick according to the specified harvesting criteria. A tow face spiral spring – aluminum pipe was used to ensure the quality of the harvested fruit is intact. Due to the different height levels of fruitage the implement was equipped with telescopic pole serve those levels. Knowing the fact that the picker previous to the development usually caused cutting by bit of the fruit body. Because of the style of pulling the stick from the fruitage which result in infection with bacteria and fungi . The picker was submitted to test in order to prove the efficiency of picking the fruits without causing any damage in terms of injuries to the fruits.