Patent ID: 6988559

Claim:
A beet harvester adapted to move frontally and longitudinally comprising a mobile frame, a first lateral frame, a first set of plurality of pairs of beet digging discs mounted at intervals laterally along said first lateral frame, a second lateral frame rearward behind said first frame with a space there between, a second set of a plurality of pairs of beet digging discs mounted at intervals laterally along said second lateral frame, with said intervals of said second set of discs being longitudinally between said intervals of said first of pairs of beet digging discs; a first laterally extending conveying means in said space laterally between said first and second sets to convey beets dug by said first set to a location beside said first and second set, a second longitudinal extending conveying means, a third conveying means; said second longitudinally extending conveying means extending longitudinally rearward beside said first and second set of discs so that the first row of digging discs may dig up beets which will be deposited rearward onto said first lateral conveying means which will convey the beets laterally beside the second set onto the second longitudinal conveying means which will convey the beets rearward past the second set of discs onto said third conveying means rear of the second set of discs; said third conveying means acting to receive beets dug by said second set of discs and combine them with the beets conveyed from the first set of discs, whereupon, the third conveying means will convey the beets from said first and second set of discs rearward of both the first and second set of discs.