Patent ID: 6959529
Filing Date: 2005-11-01
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. In a crop harvesting platform for harvesting stalk-like crops, a frame supporting a plurality of laterally adjacent collection and mowing devices for separating and transporting the harvested crop, a transport conduit defined behind at least some of said collection and mowing devices through which the harvested crop can be transported, and at least one driven transport device being associated with said transport conduit and mounted for rotation about an upright axis located on each side of a central median plane of said platform and behind said transport conduit and acting to move crop rearwardly along a discharge path located along said median plane, the improvement comprising: each transport device including entrainment elements located above said transport conduit and which describe an envelope circle which extends beyond said transport conduit on a side of said transport conduit opposite from the associated upright axis of each said transport device.