ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,832, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).
"Destemmer for a fruit harvester" was invented by Laurent Le Brech (Le Poire-sur-Vie, France), Venceslas Doinard (Torreilles, France) and Guillaume Supiot (Dompierre-sur-Yon, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A destemmer for use in a fruit harvester includes a frame, a box carried by the frame, and an eccentric drive connected with the box. The box includes an inlet for receiving berries clusters. At least one top link interconnects the box and the frame. The top link include a first end pivotally connected to the frame, and a second end pivota...