Patent ID: 7958942
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A potato harvester comprising: a multi-row lifting device for lifting several soil ridges, wherein the lifting device comprises at least one digging device with digging shares, wherein the digging shares each lift one of the soil ridges; at least one support element for supporting the lifting device on the ground; wherein the at least one support element comprises wheels; wherein a number of the wheels is greater by one than a number of the digging shares, wherein two of the wheels are movable along opposite sides of an intermediately positioned soil ridge, respectively; wherein the wheels, relative to a traveling direction of the potato harvester, are positioned at a level of the digging shares and effect in a digging phase of the potato harvester a forced guiding action by providing an intake channel as an intake aid for the intermediately positioned soil ridge dug up by the digging shares.