Unearthing plants or buried objects – Earth removal and separation – Moving conveyer – digger or separator
Patent
1997-11-07
2000-02-15
Batson, Victor
Unearthing plants or buried objects
Earth removal and separation
Moving conveyer, digger or separator
171127, 171128, 171 27, 171 1, 172 44, A01D 1300
Patent
active
060241780
ABSTRACT:
A direct harvester includes a cutting portion, a lifting portion and a feeding portion. The cutting portion typically includes a cutter rod for severing plant roots and a kicker rod for encouraging the plant to the soil surface. The lifting portion typically includes a rotating pickup head for lifting the plants off the soil and separating the plant from the soil, and a pair of rotating tubes to move the plants and encourage further separation of soil from the plants. The feeding portion includes an auger which receives the plants from the rotating tubes and channels the plants into the opening of a combine feeder housing. Preferably, the floor below the auger is screened to allow soil which is knocked free by the auger to fall back to the ground. Additionally the lifting portion and the feeding portion are preferably pivotably attached to one another to enable the harvester to adapt to differing contours in the soil.
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Christensen Jay D.
Pickett J. Paul
Batson Victor
River Valley Manufacturing, Inc.
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