Harvesters – Cutters with plant or crop contacting gauge – With preliminary foliage arranging
Patent
1985-06-17
1987-09-08
Mancene, Gene
Harvesters
Cutters with plant or crop contacting gauge
With preliminary foliage arranging
5612143, 56 127, 56504, A01D 2302
Patent
active
046915060
ABSTRACT:
A defoliator for detopping sugar beets and the like includes at least one laterally extending rotor on which a plurality of flails are mounted. The flails are of polyurethane and have a hub at one end provided with a bore so that they can be pivotally attached to a rod supported on the rotor. Each group of flails includes tapered flails at the ends of the group and rectangularly configured flails therebetween with still an additional tapered flail between the two non-tapered flails. Each flail has a rigid cutting member at the free end thereof, each cutting member being channel-shaped so as to provide parallel flanges projecting in one direction with respect to an integral web having a hole therein so that the member can be bolted to the free end of the flail with which it is to be associated. Each cutting member has an additional flange extending in an opposite direction from the parallel flanges, the additional flange residing in a proximal relation with one side of the flail. The rigid cutting members, as the flails are rotated, scrape along the unlifted beets so as to effectively cut and remove the leaves therefrom. The polyurethane flails, being flexible, are free to be deflected as their rigid cutting members are dragged across the surfaces of the beets.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2597485 (1952-05-01), Hillger
patent: 2608816 (1952-09-01), Lembke
patent: 2668407 (1954-02-01), Sherman
Mancene Gene
Weiss John G.
Wic Inc.
LandOfFree
Apparatus for defoliating sugar beets and the like utilizing fle does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Apparatus for defoliating sugar beets and the like utilizing fle, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Apparatus for defoliating sugar beets and the like utilizing fle will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-2151665