Harvester for root crops and method of using same

Details Harvester for root crops and method of using same Harvester for root crops and method of using same

1994-10-13

1996-11-26

Melius, Terry Lee

Unearthing plants or buried objects

With above-ground means for detachment of plant part

Detachment by pulling, beating, shaking or crushing

171 1, 171 62, 171 57, A01D 2700

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055775624

ABSTRACT:
The stems and limbs of a root crop plant are lifted from the ground, folded over a gathering bar, and grasped by an auger-paddle. The roots below the crop are severed by a cutter bar which resembles a rod weeder. While the crop is held the soil beneath the crop is pulled from the be in which the crop grows into a furrow on either side of the bed. As much as possible the root crop is cleaned as it is lifted up by the rotation of the paddle-auger while the limbs and stems of the plant are caught within the paddle-auger and held by the helicoil. After they are lifted free of the soil they are moved from two beds toward a furrow between those two beds and discharged in a windrow by a roller which rotates the opposite direction of the paddle-augers.

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