Leaf stripper

An agricultural leaf stripper, including a ground structure transportable by a transporter in a horizontal direction of movement along an axis (X) substantially parallel to an XY plane of the ground structure, the agricultural leaf stripper comprising:

• a lower fixed part secured at a lower end thereof to said transporter;
• a movable part displaceable vertically with respect to said lower fixed part;
• only one or two rails carrying at least two leaf stripping heads and supported by a support carried by said movable part, said one or two rails spaced from said ground structure and generally parallel thereto;
• a first linkage generating a vertical translatory movement PZ1 obtained by sliding an upper part of the ground structure relative to the lower fixed part along a generally vertical axis perpendicular to the horizontal direction of movement and perpendicular to the XY plane;
• a second linkage generating a vertical translatory movement PZ2 of the only one or two rails relative to the support carried by the movable part along a second axis Z2 generally perpendicular to the horizontal direction of movement and perpendicular to plane XY;
• a third linkage varying a spacing between the only one or two rails and the ground structure by generating a translatory movement PY of the one or two relative to the ground structure in a generally perpendicular direction to the vertical axis and parallel to plane XY,
• a fourth linkage generating a rotary movement RX of the one or two about an axis generally perpendicular to the horizontal direction of movement and perpendicular to plane XY;
• a pneumatic source producing compressed air ejected by the leaf stripping heads;
• and
• a system of pipes connecting the pneumatic source to each of the leaf stripping heads and communicating the compressed air thereto,
• wherein axes of the first linkage, the second linkage, the third linkage and the fourth linkage, and the horizontal direction of movement of the transporter being parallel or orthogonal.