PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To securely store plucked short tea leaves in a container.SOLUTION: The tea leaf plucker includes: a machine body having a portal frame travelling along a tea ridge astride the tea ridge a cutting blade 25 disposed at the lower part of the portal frame a transfer duct 30 whose lower side opening is opened above the cutting blade 25 and extended upward for transferring the tea leaves plucked by the cutting blade 25 with upward pressure wind a back duct 40 disposed on the rear side in the direction of advancement of the machine body for feeding the downward pressure wind taken into the interior as the upward pressure wind into the transfer duct 30 the container for storing the tea leaves transferred through the transfer duct 30 and a rotary brush 60 rotatably supported in such a way that the distal end side of bristles 67a projecting from a rotation shaft 65 extending in the lateral direction of the machine body is moved from the front to the rear of the cutting blade. The height of the rotary brush 60 can be adjusted by a vertical position adjusting mechanism 85 disposed between the rotary brush and the machine body.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】摘採された短い茶葉をコンテナに確実に収容する。【解決手段】茶畝を跨いで茶畝に沿って走行可能な門型枠を有する機体と、門型枠の下部に配置された刈刃25と、この上方に下側開口部が開口して上方へ延び、刈刃25で摘採された茶葉を上向きの圧力風により移送する移送ダクト30と、この機体進行方向後側に配設され、内部に取り込まれた下向きの圧力風を上向きの圧力風として移送ダクト30内に送り込む背面ダクト40と、移送ダクト30で移送された茶葉を収容するコンテナと、刈刃25の機体進行方向前側の上方位置に配置され、機体幅方向に延びる回転軸65に突設された毛材67aの先端側が刈刃前方から後方側へ移動するように回転自在に支持された回転ブラシ60を備える。回転ブラシ60は、これと機体間に設けられた上下位置調節機構85によって高さ調節可能である。【選択図】図1
