Sugar beet harvester

A machine for lifting sugar beets from the soil and delivering sugar beets to a selected location comprising:

• a frame, first means mounted on the frame for lifting sugar beets out of the soil, second means mounted on the frame for carrying sugar beets away from the first means, a grab roller assembly having a plurality of elongated side-by-side rollers, said grab roller assembly having an input end and a discharge end, said second means having a sugar beet discharge end located adjacent the input end of said grab roller assembly whereby sugar beets are moved by the second means onto the input end of the grab roller assembly, means mounting the rollers on the frame and positioning the rollers in the general horizontal plane of the discharge end of the second means whereby all of the sugar beets move the length of the grab roller assembly from the input end to the discharge end thereof, third means for receiving sugar beets from the discharge end of said grab roller assembly and discharging the sugar beets to a selected location, means mounting the third means on the frame adjacent to the discharge end of the grab roller assembly, and drive means connected to the second means, grab roller assembly and the third means to operate the second means, grab roller assembly, and the third means whereby sugar beets are moved by the second means to the input end of the grab roller assembly, moved by the grab roller assembly along the length of the rollers, and moved by the third means from the discharge end of the grab roller assembly to the selected location.

A machine for lifting sugar beets from the soil and delivering the sugar beets to a selected location comprising:

• a frame, wheel means supporting part of the frame on the soil, a plurality of sugar beet lifting wheel assemblies for lifting sugar beets out of the soil, a pair of first conveyors mounted on the frame for carrying sugar beets rearwardly from the lifting wheels, a second transverse conveyor mounted on the frame behind the first conveyor means for receiving sugar beets from the first conveyor means and moving the sugar beets transversely of the frame, a grab roller assembly including a plurality of side-by-side rollers having an input end and a discharge end, means rotatably mounting the rollers of the grab roller assembly on the frame and positioning the rollers longitudinally adjacent one side of the machine, said second conveyor means having a discharge end located adjacent the input end of the grab roller assembly whereby all of the sugar beets moved by the second conveyor are directed onto the input end of the grab roller assembly, said sugar beets moving the length of the grab roller assembly from the input end to the discharge end thereof, means mounted on said frame for receiving the sugar beets from the discharge end of the grab roller assembly and delivering the sugar beets to a selected location, and drive means connected to the first and second conveyor means, grab roller assembly, and means to receive sugar beets from the grab roller assembly to operate the first and second conveyor means, grab roller assembly and means to receive the sugar beets from the grab roller assembly and deliver the sugar beets to the selected location.