Patent ID: 8240115

Claim:
A sugar cane harvester with cab ( 23 ), the harvester comprising; a chassis ( 5 ); a tip cutting device ( 2 ); a cane line dividing device ( 3 ); a base cutting device ( 14 ) having base cutting discs the ends of which are aligned with the point where a front ground contact means ( 13 ) first touches the soil; a set of sugar cane conveying rollers ( 6 ) for conveying sugar cane; a sugar cane chopping device ( 7 ); a cane cleaning device ( 8 ); an engine ( 12 ) located in a rear portion of the harvester, independent of the chassis ( 5 ); ground contacting means ( 13 , 25 ) for moving the harvester; and an elevator ( 9 ) located in a central portion of the harvester having a 180-degree turning mechanism and wherein the set of sugar cane conveying rollers ( 6 ) comprises fixed lower rollers and moveable upper rollers ( 6 ) which convey the cane and wherein each cane conveying roller ( 6 ) is powered by at least one hydraulic motor housed inside the roller, an aperture ( 5 a ) being provided in the chassis through which motor can be removed.