Patent ID: 7571592
Filing Date: 2009-08-11
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A machine for the harvest of stalk-like crop, with a frame that can be moved across a field in a forward operating direction, to which in each case at least three mowing and intake arrangements are attached, of which the first mowing and intake arrangements that is directly adjacent to the longitudinal center plane of the machine can be driven during the harvesting operation in such a way that their forward regions, as seen in the forward operating direction of the machine, move towards the outside and that the second mowing and intake arrangements, which follow the first mowing and intake arrangements to the outside, which can be driven during the harvesting operation in such a way that their forward regions as seen in the forward operating direction of the machine, move inward, so that the flows of harvested crop of the first and second mowing and intake arrangements in each case converge between them and can be delivered to a self-propelled forage harvester at the rear of the first mowing and intake arrangements and the third mowing and intake arrangement, which follows the second mowing and intake arrangement to the outside, are attached in such a way that they deliver the harvested crop taken up by them during the harvesting operation directly to the second mowing and intake arrangement, wherein the third mowing and intake arrangements can be driven during the harvesting operation in such a way that their forward regions, as seen in the forward operating direction of the machine, move towards the outside.