Patent ID: 7121070

Claim:
A harvester for harvesting stalky crops, the harvester comprising: at least one intake and conveying device having a circulating endless conveyor provided with outwardly oriented functional elements for performing at least one of cutting, holding, and conveying; wherein the functional elements form at least one lower cutting plane and at least one holding plane arranged above the at least one cutting plane; wherein the endless conveyor has a supply area for transferring a harvested crop to an inlet opening of a processing device; wherein the supply area comprises a stripping device comprised of at least two clearing elements each having a stripping surface; wherein the stripping device has a rear area, relative to a traveling and working direction of the harvester, and a holder arranged at the rear area; wherein the stripping device has support means connected to the holder, wherein the support means connects the at least two clearing elements to the holder; wherein the stripping surfaces of the clearing elements are remote from the holder and face forwardly in the traveling and working direction; wherein the stripping surfaces are substantially vertical in an end area pointing in the traveling and working direction and are positioned in a common vertical plane; wherein the stripping surfaces extend from the end area in a direction of crop flow opposite to the traveling and working direction and diverge with increasing spacing from one another in the direction of crop flow.