Patent ID: 7469632
Filing Date: 2008-12-30
Classification: A01D,B30B,C13B

Abstract:
1. A mobile field harvester for traveling over the surface of ground in a field of sugar containing crop for harvesting sugar-containing crops comprising: (a) a frame having a front end and a rear end, the rear end being fixed with respect to the front end; (b) a roller press for extracting juice from a solid component of the sugar-containing crop operatively attached to the frame and disposed in front of the rear end of the frame, said roller press comprising a plurality of roller pairs, each of said roller pairs comprising no more than two rollers, said rollers in each roller pair bearing against one another, the solid component of the sugar containing crop passing through each roller pair in succession; (c) a cutting and feeding unit for separating the sugar-containing crop from its roots operatively attached to the frame and moving the crop to the roller press without intermediate processing, said cutting and feeding unit being cantilevered forwardly from the front end of the frame as part of being said operatively attached to the frame; (d) wheels operatively rotatably attached to the frame for facilitating movement of the field harvester along the ground; (e) a container below the roller press for collecting said juice; (f) a juice storage tank; and (g) a pump operatively attached between the container and the juice storage tank for transferring juice from the container to the juice storage tank.