Patent ID: 8196380
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A machine for harvesting maize, comprising a supporting structure carrying a plurality of harvesting units set alongside one another in a transverse direction, wherein each harvesting unit comprises: a framework fixed with respect to the supporting structure and including two box sections set at a distance from one another in a transverse direction by an empty space elongated in a longitudinal direction; two stripper plates carried by respective box sections, the stripper plates having respective edges facing one another that extend on opposite sides in said empty space, the facing edges of said stripper plates forming a squeezing channel; and a pair of counter-rotating traction rollers arranged underneath said stripper plates, wherein said stripper plates are mobile in a vertical direction with respect to the respective box sections between a raised position and a lowered position and wherein said stripper plates are associated to respective spring devices that push the stripper plates elastically towards said raised position.