Fruit picking apparatus - comprises growing fruit picking head with supporting base plate

摘要

Proposed is a cutter head for picking fruit growing on a tree comprising a base plate adapted to be supported on one end of an elongated rod and having a guide slot that opens at the unsupported end of the plate and is adapted to receive the stem of a piece of fruit growing on a tree, means for urging a stem in the slot toward the crotch thereof, a cutter mounted on the plate adjacent the crotch of the slot, and a selectively operable cutter actuating mechanism for imparting movement to the cutter thereby severing a stem captured in the crotch.