Sugarcane harvester with internal storage reservoir for billets
AssigneeAGCO do Brasil Soluções Agrícolas Ltda.
InventorMarcelo Carpenedo
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Abstract
A sugarcane harvester includes an intake and cutting assembly for cutting the sugarcane stalks from the sugarcane plants as the sugarcane harvester moves through the sugarcane plants, a chopping section for receiving the sugarcane stalks from the intake and cutting assembly and chopping the sugarcane stalks into billets, a reservoir for holding a quantity of the billets, the reservoir having a volume of at least one cubic meter, and a discharge assembly for moving the billets from the reservoir and discharging them from the sugarcane harvester.
Claims10
A sugarcane harvester for harvesting sugarcane stalks from sugarcane plants, the sugarcane harvester comprising:
- an intake and cutting assembly for cutting the sugarcane stalks from the sugarcane plants as the sugarcane harvester moves through the sugarcane plants;
- a chopping section for receiving the sugarcane stalks from the intake and cutting assembly and chopping the sugarcane stalks into billets;
- a reservoir for holding a quantity of the billets, the reservoir having a volume of at least one cubic meter and being positioned immediately behind and at least partially below the chopping section such that billets exiting the chopping section fall directly into the reservoir;
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- a discharge assembly for moving the billets from the reservoir and discharging them from the sugarcane harvester.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.