1978-08-16
1980-01-01
Kinsey, Russell R.
Harvesters
Tobacco
A01D 4516
Patent
active
041809653
ABSTRACT:
A tobacco harvester consisting of a mobile machine having a frame on wheels and which at the forward end supports rotary overlapping cutters adjacent the ground for cutting tobacco plants which are then deposited in a trough-like conveyor system consisting of a central conveyor and slanted side conveyors which are driven at a faster speed than the central conveyor to eliminate injury to the plants. The machine, cutters and conveyors are hydraulic driven from separate hydraulic motors actuated by a gasoline engine. The cut tobacco plants are carried rearwardly by the conveyor and manually hung individually on a lath which is located in a supporting shuttle assembly of bowed construction and then pushed rearwardly which brings forward another lath ready to be loaded with newly cut tobacco plants. Because of the bowed construction of the shuttle the laths pass without injuring the tobacco leaves.
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