Patent ID: 8180497

Claim:
A harvesting machine comprising a motorised support structure on which are mounted a harvesting assembly adapted to deliver a stream of harvested produce at least two receptacles ( 1 d , 1 g ) for storage of said stream, and a system for feeding a respective receptacle ( 1 ) with said stream, the harvesting machine further comprising: a device for determining the location of the harvesting machine in the parcel of land the machine is harvesting, the parcel being divided into geographical areas; a device for determining the area corresponding to said location; and a device that is adapted, as a function of the determined area, to automatically control the feeding system to store the harvested stream coming from said area in the receptacle ( 1 ) that is dedicated to it, wherein the feeding system comprises: upper conveyor means ( 3 g , 3 d ) for feeding the receptacles ( 1 g , 1 d ) on respective feed paths with a harvested stream coming from the harvesting assembly; a lower conveyor ( 6 ) for feeding a respective receptacle ( 1 g , 1 d ) as a function of the conveying direction; and a device for guiding the harvested stream that, for each feed path, is variable between an open state wherein said stream passes along said feed path, and a closed state wherein said stream is diverted onto the lower conveyor ( 6 ), the control device being operable to impose the open or closed state of the device for guiding the stream and the conveying direction of the lower conveyor ( 6 ) as a function of the receptacle ( 1 g , 1 d ) to be fed with the stream.