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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
THOMAS PAGE WILLIAMS, OF TROUP, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-IIALF TO
S. A. NORMAN, OF SAME PLACE.
FRUIT-PICKER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 546,950, dated September 24, 1895.
Application filed December 15, 1894. Serial No, 531,958. (No model,)To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, THOMAS PAGE WIL-
LIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing
at Troup, in the county of Smith and State of
5 Texas, have invented a new and useful Fruit-
Picker, of which the following is a specifica-
tion.
This invention relates to an improvement
in fruit-pickers of that class which are pro-
[o vided with ajaw or jaws and with mechanism
for operating them so that the stem of the
fruit may be severed. This class of fruit-
pickers is also provided with a tube or chute
constructed of a suitable fabric and designed
15 to convey the fruit to the hands of the opera-
tor, or into a basket or other receptacle pro-
vided therefor.
The object of my invention is to provide
means for more effectually and easily sever-
20 ing the stem of the fruit and for conveying
the so-severed fruit into the receptacle pro-
vided for it, and in a manner which will be
attended by less jar or bruising than ordina-
rily.
z5 To this end the invention consists in a rigid
jaw-section having certain peculiar features
of construction and provided with a rounded
front end which carries a stem-cutting blade.
Connected to the rigid jaw and co-operating
30 with the cutting-blade thereof is a movable
jaw, which has, as hereinafter described, pecu-
liar features of construction, and which oper-
ates with the structure of the rigid jaw so as
to be capable of moving into engagement with
35 the knife of the latter in the operation of sev-
ering the stem of the fruit. These peculiar
features of construction with which the. sev-
eral elements of my invention are endowed
will be fully described hereinafter, and the
4c novel portion embodied in the claim.
In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a per-
spective view of a fruit-picker constructed
after the manner of my invention, and the
parts being shown in operative relation; Fig.
45 2, a longitudinal section, the section being
extended through the jaws and including the
remaining portion of the device. Fig. 3 is a
perspective view taken from the under side
of the rigid jaw and shown with the fruit-con-
50 veying tube detached, so that the construction
of the parts may be more readily illustrated.Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a movable jaw,
showing the construction thereof and shown
with the chute or tube detached. Fig. 5 is a
view of a modification. 55
The reference-numeral I indicates the rigid
jaw of the picker, and this is preferably con-
structed of wood, though it may be formed of
any other suitable material. The rear ex-
tremity of the jaw has rigidly secured to it 6o
or formed integral therewith, and preferably
the latter, the handle 2, which extends for any
suitable distance, the object being to permit
the operator to stand on the ground and to
reach the fruit which may be on the tree. 65
This will necessitate making the handle 2 long
enough to extend from the ground up to the
limbs of the tree. It is not shown to be such
a length in the drawings, but this will be un-
derstood. 70
The front end of the jaw 1 is rounded and
reduced to form a nose 3, around which the
cutting-blade 4 is secured. The blade 4 is of
a width equal to the maximum thickness of
the rigid jaw, and owing to the reduction in 75
the thickness of the same at the nose 3, the
blade 4 will project over or below the lower
side of the rigid jaw, so as to be capable of
cutting the stem of the fruit, as will be be
better explained hereinafter. 80
Formed about midway in the jaw 1 and ex-
tending through the same is the opening 5,
which is substantially U-shaped in form and
arranged with its extremities toward the
front of the jaw. Within this opening 5 the 85
upper ends 6 of the wire composing the mov-
able jaw 7 are arranged, and these upper ends
extend first vertically and then horizontally
and inwardly toward each other, so that a sub-
stantially U-shaped device will be described, 90
and which is capable of swinging through the
opening 5 in the operation of the device. Be-
low the ends 6 the wire composing the movable
jaw extends outwardly and horizontally, so as
to form journals 8. These journals 8 are 93
mounted in the transverse slots 9, formed in
the under side of the rigid jaw 1, they being
held therein by means of staples 10, which
form bearings and which in practice may be
given any suitable embodiment. The other io.
ends of the journals 8 are extended down-
wardly and thence forwardly to form the jaw
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Williams, Thomas Page. Fruit-Picker., patent, September 24, 1895; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth174108/m1/2/?q=%22Agriculture+-+Farming+-+Citrus+and+Fruit%22: accessed June 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.