Patent ID: 7475529

Claim:
A harvesting apparatus ( 10 ), comprising: a corn picker, with at least two drawing-in and picking units ( 18 ) that are respectively provided with a picking gap ( 24 ) and a drawing-in device ( 26 ), wherein the drawing-in device ( 26 ) can be operated so as to draw plants into the picking gap ( 24 ), by means of which infructescences can be separated from the plants, and with a stalk chopper ( 32 ) that is arranged downstream of the drawing-in device ( 26 ) and serves for comminuting the plant stalks, wherein the stalk chopper features a knife ( 36 ) that can be set in rotation about a shaft ( 40 ) extending at least approximately in the vertical direction, characterized by the fact that an envelope circle ( 38 ) described by the knife ( 36 ) of the stalk chopper spans at least two adjacent picking gaps ( 24 ) and at least the drawing-in devices ( 26 ) of two adjacent drawing-in and picking units ( 18 ).