| US 7,584,859 B2 | ||
| Agricultural produce separator | ||
| Samuel Gan-Mor, Gedera (Israel); and Ofer Juran, Yavne (Israel) | ||
| Assigned to The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Beit Dagan (Israel) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 24, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/510,176. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0047879 A1, Feb. 28, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. B07C 5/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 209—640 [209/629; 209/699; 99/523; 99/604] | 22 Claims |
| 1. An apparatus for separating agricultural produce from stones and clods comprising:
at least one generally cylindrical separation assembly arranged to be impinged upon by a mixture of agricultural produce and
at least one of stones and clods, said at least one generally cylindrical separation assembly comprising:
a plurality of generally mutually contiguous curved impact portions; and
a mounting assembly supporting said plurality of generally mutually contiguous curved impact portions, said mounting assembly
comprising:
a metal principal support and at least one intermediate metal support element fixed to said metal principal support and to
at least some of said plurality of generally mutually contiguous curved impact portions, said at least one intermediate metal
support element having a resiliency greater than a resiliency of said metal principal support,
said metal principal support comprising an axle and a plurality of axially and radially extending vanes attached to said axle.
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