Patent ID: 6374587
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
A harvesting device for the harvesting of ears of corn or of similar crops for mounting on a self-propelled agricultural harvesting vehicle with a picking device (4) for ears of corn comprising an ear holding device formed by at least one picking disk (8) having at least one picking gap (10) that ends in an opening at the outer periphery of the picking disk (8) and which rotates around a vertical shaft (9) in a rotation direction (13), at least one picking cylinder located below the picking gap for the purpose of pulling of corn stalks in a downward direction and ripping the ears of corn off their stalks and a covering device (33) that partially reaches over the topside of the picking disk (8) and forms at least one conveying channel (36) for the transport of the ripped-off ears of corn (5) to the harvesting vehicle (2).