Apparatus for separating and conveying root crops

An apparatus for conveying root crops, the apparatus comprising:

• a carrying device which circulates in a circulation direction during operation, the carrying device partly forming at least one receiving region, the carrying device being configured to carry the root crops, wherein the carrying device is at least partly formed by a plurality of rigid carrying elements which are movable relative to one another, and further wherein the carrying device comprises a plurality of screening bars which run linearly in the transverse direction and are arranged adjacent and parallel to one another in the circulation direction, and further wherein the screening bars comprise ends which are arranged on lateral endless conveyors;
• and
• at least one transverse separating device which extends at least partially in a transverse direction and delimits the receiving region in the circulation direction,
• wherein the receiving region from the outside adjoins an interior space which is bordered by an interior space surface extending parallel to the transverse direction and in side view running exclusively in the circulation direction, and wherein at least one protruding part of the transverse separating device is arranged, in side view, outside the interior space,
• at least one longitudinal separating device which extends at an angle to the extent direction of the transverse separating device and parallel to the interior space surface, of which at least one protruding part is arranged, in side view, outside the interior space, and which delimits from one another two receiving regions which are adjacent in the transverse direction;
• and
• wherein the at least one transverse separating device or the at least one longitudinal separating device is at least partly formed by a plurality of separating elements, which are arranged in a row along the transverse direction and extend towards the outside in side view.