PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tea leaf plucker having a simple structure capable of directly feeding branches and leaves discharged from a conveyance duct to a housing device or a reaping and discharging device.SOLUTION: A tea leaf plucker 1 includes a reaping device for reaping branches and leaves of tea trees with facing the upper surface of a tea tree ridge and a conveyance duct for conveying the reaped branches and leaves to a travelling vehicle body forward travelling with straddling the tea tree ridge. On the rear side of the conveyance duct, a back plate 52 formed with a communication hole 52b communicating with a discharge port of the conveyance duct is installed, and an upper plate 54 and a lower plate 57 are installed, in the vertical direction to be rotatable, to the upper end and the lower end of the back plate 52 above the communication hole 52b. A net-like and deformable housing cylindrical part 61 which passes air but does not pass the branches and leaves is removably attached among the upper plate 54, the lower plate 57 and the back plate 52. A space capable of housing the branches and leaves is formed in a space surrounded by the upper plate 54, the lower plate 57, the back plate 52 and the housing cylindrical part 61. The upper plate 54 has an opening covered with a net which passes air but does not pass the branches and leaves.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】搬送ダクトから吐出される枝葉を直接に収容装置又は刈捨て装置に送り込むことができる簡易な構造の茶葉摘採機を提供する。【解決手段】茶葉摘採機1は、茶樹畝を跨いで前進走行する走行車体に、茶樹畝の上面に臨んで茶樹の枝葉を刈り取る刈取装置と、これにより刈り取られた枝葉を搬送する搬送ダクトとを備える。搬送ダクトの後方側には搬送ダクトの排出口に連通する連通孔部52bが形成された裏板52が設けられ、連通孔部52b上方の裏板52の上端部及び下端部に、上板54及び下板57が上下方向に回動自在に設けられる。上板54及び下板57と裏板52との間に、空気を通すが枝葉を通さない網目状の変形可能な収容胴部61が着脱可能に取り付けられる。上板54、下板57、裏板52、収容胴部61で囲まれる領域内に枝葉を収容可能な空間部が形成される。上板54は空気を通すが枝葉を通さない網によって覆われた開口部を有する。【選択図】 図2
