REAPED TEA LEAF DUCT OF TEA-PLANTATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS RUNNING ON RAIL

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the clogging of twigs and leaves of tea and the scattering to the other rows of the tea-trees during transportation of the twigs, etc., in a level-reaping work using a tea-plantation management apparatus running on a rail. ;SOLUTION: Twigs and leaves A of tea reaped by a tea-plantation management apparatus 1 running on a rail is guided between rows of tea trees by a guiding member attached to the management apparatus. The guiding member has a cylindrical form having an opening area nearly constant over the whole length of the member and nearly equal to the outlet opening area of a level- reaping bag P attached to the front stage of the guiding member. The opening 9a at the inlet-side of the guiding member is connected to the outlet-side opening of the level-reaping bag P. The discharging-side opening 9b of the guiding member is opened opposite to the furrow between tea rows at a position above a side of the tea rows.;COPYRIGHT: (C)1997,JPO