Unripe fruit picking tool
The fruit picker with an extendable handle and triangular wire blade design addresses inefficiencies in unripe fruit picking, ensuring safe and efficient fruit removal from high branches.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- JP2025002583U
- Authority / Receiving Office
- JP · JP
- Patent Type
- Utility models
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-06-24
- Publication Date
- 2026-01-09
- Estimated Expiration
- 2035-06-24
AI Technical Summary
Existing methods for picking unripe fruits like peaches are inefficient and unsafe, particularly when dealing with fruits at high places.
A fruit picker with an extendable handle, an inverted triangular wire, and a blade attached to its base, designed to efficiently remove unripe fruits by moving along the branch, allowing for safe and efficient fruit picking.
Enables efficient and safe removal of unripe fruits from branches, with adjustable handle length for high placement accessibility.
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Abstract
Description
[Technical Field]
[0001] This invention relates to a fruit picker for picking unripe fruit such as peaches. [Background technology]
[0002] When cultivating fruits such as peaches, in order to produce peaches of the appropriate size and quality, peaches that have grown for a certain period of time are selected and thinned out to an appropriate number in several stages. Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]
[0004] The purpose of this invention is to provide a fruit picker that can eliminate these problems and allow for efficient and safe fruit picking. [Means for solving the problem]
[0005] The unripe fruit picking tool of the present invention is characterized by comprising an extendable handle, an inverted triangular wire attached to one end of the handle, and a blade attached to the base of the inverted triangular wire. [Effects of the Invention]
[0006] The unripe fruits are placed inside the inverted triangular wire of the fruit picker, and the fruit picker is moved along the branch on which many unripe fruits are attached, so that the unripe fruits can be efficiently removed by the tip of the blade. The length of the handle can be adjusted to easily remove unripe fruits that are attached at high places. [Brief explanation of the drawings]
[0007] [Figure 1] 1 is a view showing a fruit picker according to a first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. [Figure 2] FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. [Figure 3] FIG. 2 is a view showing a fruit picker according to a second embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 4] FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of FIG. 3 taken along line B-B.
[0008] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 are diagrams showing the structure of a first embodiment of the present invention. The fruit picker is composed of an extendable handle 1, an inverted triangular wire 2 attached to one end of the handle 1, and a blade 3 attached to the base 2a of the wire 2. The wire 2 is a rigid metal wire shaped into a triangle. As shown in Figure 2, the blade 2 is made by wrapping a rectangular metal plate around the base 2c of the wire 2 and crimping it so that the tip faces inward. The unripe fruits are placed inside the inverted triangular wire of the fruit picker, and the fruit picker is pulled and moved along the branch on which many unripe fruits are attached, so that the unripe fruits can be efficiently removed by the tip of the blade.
[0009] 3 and 4 are diagrams showing the structure of a second embodiment of the present invention. The same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals. As shown in Figure 4, a metal tube is fixed to the bottom edge 2a of the wire 2, and rectangular metal blades 4a, 4b, 4c, and 4d are fixed to the metal tube along its longitudinal direction. When the fruit picker is viewed from the side, the blades 4a, 4b, 4c, and 4d are arranged in a cross shape. The tip of the blade 4a faces inward, and the tip of the blade 4b faces the opposite direction. The fruit thinning operation using blade 4a is the same as in the first embodiment, but when blade 4b is used, the fruit can be thinned by pushing it up along the branch on which many immature fruits are attached, while blades 4c and 4d can be thinned by moving it along the immature fruit in the direction of the blade tip. In the above example, unripe fruits are thinned using a blade, but they can also be thinned by hooking the other sides 2a and 2b of the triangular wire 2 onto the unripe fruits and moving the thinning tool. [Explanation of symbols]
[0010] 1 Handle 2. Inverted triangular wire 3 blades 4 Cross Blades
Claims
1. This unripe fruit picking tool is characterized by comprising an extendable handle, an inverted triangular wire attached to one end of the handle, and a blade attached to the base of the inverted triangular wire.
2. 2. The unripe fruit picking tool according to claim 1, wherein the blade is made of a rectangular metal plate and is positioned so that its tip faces the inside of the inverted triangle.
3. 2. The unripe fruit picking tool according to claim 1, wherein the blade is made of a metal member having a cross shape when viewed from the side.