Randy M Wilson

US Patent:

20150208712, Jul 30, 2015

Filed:

Jan 28, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/607461

Inventors:

- Sidney OH, US
Travis W. Brux - Sidney OH, US
Robert E. Douglass - West Milton OH, US
Armand M. Christen - Lockwood CA, US
Randy L. Wilson - Salinas CA, US

Assignee:

FresCO Collaboration LLC - Sidney OH

International Classification:

A23N 15/00
B26D 7/06
B26D 7/24
B26D 1/15

Abstract:

Agricultural apparatuses and systems for collecting, cutting, and/or processing produce. The produce processing system includes a feed conveyor, a first belt, a first spray assembly, a processing station, the processing station including a housing mounted to the feed conveyor, a mandrel assembly coupled to the feed conveyor, the mandrel assembly including a first rotating blade, an engagement sensor coupled to the housing and the feed conveyor, a stop switch coupled to the feed conveyor, where the stop switch is repositionable between an engaged position and a disengaged position, and an operator controller communicatively coupled to the flow sensor, the engagement sensor, and the stop switch, wherein the operator controller stops a rotation of the first belt based on at least one of a detection of a signal from the engagement sensor, a detected flow rate from the flow sensor, and an engagement of the stop switch.