TEA RIDGE ASTRIDE TYPE TEA REAPER WITH IMPROVED PRUNED BRANCH/STEM TREATMENT

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new tea ridge astride type tea reaper with improved pruned branches/stems treatment equipped with a rotary-type cutting blade, enabling pruned branches/stems to be delivered rearward and then to be delivered into a space between ridges following once conveying them upward. SOLUTION: This tea reaper is characterized by having the following scheme: a pruning machine unit 3A for pruning work includes a rotary blade 30A, and a blast tube is arranged above and behind the rotary blade 30A so as to blow out air from a fan 23 rearward over the whole area in the longitudinal direction of the rotary blade 30A to feed delivery wind W turning toward a relay conveyor 5.