Patent ID: 9089089
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A method for harvesting crop materials each having a grains carrying stalk, comprising: preparing an erecting device for erecting the stalk, said erecting device including a plurality pairs of guiding bars attached to said platform, and each pair of guiding bars including two bar members separated from each other for forming a channel between said bar members, preparing a triangle guiding element disposed between every two adjacent pairs of guiding bars for engaging with and for guiding a stalk of the crop materials into said channel that is formed between said bar members of each pair of guiding bars, preparing a conveyer belt member disposed in each of said bar members, and a plurality of pawls attached to said conveyer belt member and extended into said channel that is formed between said bar members of each pair of guiding bars for engaging with the stalk and for guiding and sending the stalk of the crop materials into said channel that is formed between said bar members, preparing a cutting device having a first cutting element and at least one second cutting element for cutting the stalk of the crop materials into a lower base segment that carries no grain thereon and an upper straw segment that carries grains thereon, discarding the lower base segment that carries no grain thereon, threshing the upper straw segment that carries the grains thereon for separating the grains from the upper straw segment, and collecting the grains.