Patent ID: 6527502
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: A01G,Y10S

Abstract:
A sod-collecting apparatus, comprisinga sod cutter head, a sod coiling device, a conveyor for transporting sods from the sod cutter head to the sod coiling device, a collecting platform for supporting juxtaposed rows of coiled sods, a feed conveyor for feeding coiled sods from the sod coiling device, and a conveyor belt downstream of said feed conveyor, said conveyor belt extending along the collecting platform, wherein the conveyor belt is arranged for displacing the coiled sods on the conveyor belt along the collecting platform in a direction parallel to an axial body axis of coiled sods located on the conveyor belt, with a positioning structure for stopping each individual sod on the conveyor belt in at least one predetermined position along the collecting platform.