MOTORIZED ASSISTED CABLE SYSTEM FOR EVACUATING HARVESTED FRESH OIL PALM FRUITS

摘要

A SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTING AGRICULTURAL MATERIAL ALONG ROWS OF PLANTS. THE SYSTEM INCLUDES A FIRST ANCHOR AND A SECOND ANCHOR DISTAL FROM THE FIRST ANCHOR. A SUSPENDED CABLE IS SUSPENDED BETWEEN THE FIRST ANCHOR AND THE SECOND ANCHOR. AT LEAST ONE ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND ANCHORS HAS A HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM AND SUPPORTS THE SUSPENDED CABLE AT A CONSTANT HEIGHT ABOVE THE GROUND BETWEEN THE FIRST ANCHOR AND SECOND ANCHORS. WHEELS AFFIXED TO BUCKETS REST UPON THE SUSPENDED CABLE. FIRST AND SECOND DRIVE CABLES ARE CONNECTED TO OPPOSING ENDS OF THE BUCKET AND ARE WRAPPED IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS AROUND A SPOOL. A MOTOR CONNECTED TO THE SPOOL ROTATES THE SPOOL IN A FIRST DIRECTION AND A SECOND DIRECTION. THE ROTATION OF THE SPOOL CAUSES THE FIRST DRIVE CABLE TO PULL THE BUCKET IN A FIRST DIRECTION ALONG THE SUSPENDED CABLE IN RESPONSE TO THE MOTOR ROTATING THE SPOOL IN SAID FIRST DIRECTION AND CAUSES THE SECOND DRIVE CABLE TO PULL THE BUCKET IN A SECOND DIRECTION IN RESPONSE TO THE MOTOR ROTATING THE SPOOL IN THE SECOND DIRECTION. FIGURE 1.