US Patent Issued to MONCHIERO & C. S.N.C. on Aug. 19 for "Method and harvesting machine for harvesting fruits from the ground" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,830, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to MONCHIERO & C. S.N.C. (Bra, Italy).

"Method and harvesting machine for harvesting fruits from the ground" was invented by Massimo Monchiero (Bra, Italy) and Giancarlo Rinero (Bra, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a harvesting machine for harvesting fruit from the ground, according to which fruit is harvested by means of a harvesting device, which is configured to form a harvested material flow consisting of fruit and foreign bodies, to move the harvested material along a cleaning path and to clean the harvested material by removing the foreign bodies from the fruit; the cleanin...