Harvesting device with disengagable shaker members for a fruit harvesting machine

A harvesting device, in particular for fruit harvesting machines, which includes a straddling chassis, two shaker assemblies mounted face-to-face on the chassis to shake the fruit trees or bushes and detach the fruits, berries or the like from them. Each shaker assembly includes a drive mechanism having a vertical shaft oscillating about a vertical axis, and a plurality of vertically spaced, horizontal extending flexible rods. Each rod includes a first end detachably coupled to the drive mechanism, a median part and a second end connected to the chassis. The first end of each rod is mounted on the vertical shaft so that it can rotate relative to the vertical shaft and is coupled to the drive mechanism.