PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reliably prevent poor conveyance and clogging from being caused by unseasoned tea leaves, by reliably distributing the unseasoned tea leaves to right and left sides in a branch part of a conveyance duct.SOLUTION: A tea picking machine is characterized as follows: first means of the present invention includes a cutting blade for picking unseasoned tea leaves, and a conveyance duct that has a branch part midway through upward conveyance of the picked unseasoned tea leaves and the branch part of the conveyance duct is provided with a rotatable rotor.COPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】 本発明は、搬送ダクトの分岐部にて確実に茶生葉を左右に振り分け、茶生葉の引っ掛かりによる搬送不良や詰まりを確実に防止することを課題としている。【解決手段】本発明の第1手段は、茶生葉を刈り取る刈刃と、刈り取った茶生葉を上方へ搬送する途中に分岐部を有する搬送ダクトとを備え、該搬送ダクトの前記分岐部に回転自在な回転体を設けることとを特徴とする茶刈機。【選択図】図1
