Patent ID: 7165628
Filing Date: 2007-01-23
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A root crop harvester comprising: a frame assembly transportable over the ground; a processing assembly associated with the frame assembly; a header assembly affixed to a front portion of said frame assembly by a mounting assembly; a lifting assembly for penetrating the ground and lifting root crops out of the ground, wherein said lifting assembly is affixed to the underside of said header assembly; a grabroller assembly of the frame assembly for receiving root crops harvested by said header assembly, wherein the grabroller assembly is affixed to the frame assembly, and said grabroller assembly comprises a plurality of elongated grabrollers having grabroller pairs including a rotating grabroller and an adjacent counter-rotating grabroller, each grabroller being oriented longitudinally with respect to the longitudinal axis of the frame assembly; a drive shaft for driving a rear grabroller belt system, wherein said rear grabroller belt system is operatively coupled to a front grabroller belt system, said front grabroller belt-system rotates the rotating grabrollers, and the rear grabroller belt system rotates the counter-rotating grabrollers; and an elevator assembly positioned at a rear end area of said grabroller assembly, wherein said elevator assembly receives root crops from said grabroller assembly and lifts same upwardly for collection as harvested root crops.