Patent ID: 7478520
Filing Date: 2009-01-20
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A machine for the harvest of stalk-like plants, the machine having a frame, two conveying elements supported on the frame and arranged one above the other with recesses distributed around their circumference for the acceptance and conveying of a flow of crop that includes plant stalks, and a stripper that extends into the intervening space between the conveying elements, in order to move the plant stalks out of the recesses, the stripper being connected with the frame by a free-standing vertical post arranged outside of the flow of the crop conveyed by the conveying elements and a point of the stripper that interacts with the conveying element is located to the rear of an axis of rotation of the conveying elements relative to the forward operating direction of the machine, wherein the post is arranged ahead of the axis of rotation of the conveying elements relative to the forward operating direction of the machine.