Foliage-processing device and harvesting machine comprising such a foliage-processing device
AssigneePloeger Oxbo Europe B.V.
InventorCornelius Johannes Maria Van Beek
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Abstract
The invention relates to a foliage-processing device which can be moved across agricultural land in a direction of travel for foliage of tuberous plants growing in rows on agricultural land, wherein the foliage-processing device is provided with: a foliage puller which is provided with at least two mutually oppositely rotating rollers between which foliage can be clamped and pulled off; a foliage-processing mechanism by means of which the foliage pulled off by means of the foliage puller can be removed next to a row or between the rows of tuberous plants growing on the agricultural land.
Claims17
A foliage-processing device which can be moved across agricultural land in a direction of travel for foliage of tuberous plants growing in rows on agricultural land, the foliage-processing device comprising:
- a foliage puller which is provided with at least two mutually oppositely rotating rollers between which foliage can be clamped and pulled off;
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- guide baffles configured to guide foliage to a conveyor belt wherein the foliage pulled off by the foliage puller is removed next to a row or between the rows of tuberous plants growing on the agricultural land via the conveyor belt.
A foliage-processing device that can be moved across agricultural land in a direction of travel for foliage of tuberous plants growing in rows on the agricultural land, the foliage-processing device comprising:
- a foliage puller including at least two mutually oppositely rotating rollers between which foliage can be clamped and pulled off;
- a foliage-processing mechanism configured to remove the pulled off foliage from the foliage puller, the foliage being removed next to a row or between the rows of tuberous plants growing on the agricultural land;
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- a guide roller arranged near the oppositely rotating rollers of the foliage puller, the guide roller assisting in moving the pulled-off foliage via the oppositely rotating rollers back to the agricultural land for further processing by the foliage-processing device, a rotation axle of the guide roller extending along a width of the foliage-processing device.
A foliage-processing device that can be moved across agricultural land in a direction of travel for foliage of tuberous plants growing in rows on the agricultural land, the foliage-processing device comprising:
- a foliage puller including at least two mutually oppositely rotating rollers between which foliage can be clamped and pulled off;
- a foliage-processing mechanism configured to remove the pulled off foliage from the foliage puller, the foliage being removed next to a row or between the rows of tuberous plants growing on the agricultural land;
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- a haulm topper with a rotation axle extending in a width direction of the foliage-processing device, the haulm topper extending virtually across the width direction of the foliage-processing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.