Patent ID: 8650846

Claim:
A machine for harvesting stalk-like plants with a plurality of mowing and pick-up mechanisms that each comprise a cutting mechanism that can be set into a rotational movement for cutting plant stalks and a feed mechanism arranged above the cutting mechanism for taking in and discharging the cut plant stalks; wherein the feed mechanisms are driven by a mechanical drive train from a harvesting machine and the cutting mechanisms are drivably connected to a respective electric motor allocated to the respective cutting mechanism; wherein each cutting mechanism includes a cutting plate and each feed mechanism includes a feed plate; wherein each electric motor comprises a stator supported on a frame of the machine and a rotor connected to the respective cutting mechanism, and in that the rotor is arranged within the stator; and wherein each feed mechanism is driven by way of a drive section that comprises a shaft extending coaxial to the respective rotor and the respective stator through an inner space of the respective electric motor.