Patent ID: 8104254

Claim:
A front attachment for harvesting stalked plants, comprising an intake conveyor mechanism operating independently of a distance between rows; a picking assembly located downstream of the intake conveyor mechanism and transversely to a direction of travel, and said picking assembly separating crops from the stalked plants and conveying the separated crops to a separate utilization; a guide channel in which the plant stalks are guided from the intake conveyor mechanism to a picking channel, wherein in a region of said intake conveyor mechanism driving elements of intake conveyor elements, which are situated in pairs and rotate in opposite directions, wherein in a region of transfer to said picking assembly driving elements of at least one rotating transfer element are located at least partly over said guide channel, wherein said picking assembly includes picking rollers that are situated in pairs, are driven in opposite directions, and are situated transversely in the direction of travel, one of the picking rollers being located behind another of the picking rollers in the direction of travel, and wherein a rear one of the picking rollers, in a direction of travel, is longer than a front one of the picking rollers located in front of it, and said picking rollers which are located in pairs are conical in an intake region.