Harvesting device
OwnerWilliam E. Davis, Sr.inventor
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Abstract
In abstract a preferred embodiment of this invention is a tobacco harvester having staggered cropper seats with only one seat on each side being outboard of the confines of the device. An inclined central conveyor, in combination with a lateral conveyor for each of the outboard cropper seats, conveys and lifts the tobacco from its priming location for deposit in a bulk curing box carried on a separate detachable trailer. An extension tongue for the trailer and/or an extension conveyor can be provided to allow two or more bulk boxes to be filled on the same trailer prior to replacement of the same.
Claims13
A harvesting device of the tobacco type comprising:
- a frame means;
- a pair of front seat means mounted one on each side of said frame means and adjacent thereto;
- a foldable foot rest means mounted adjacent each of said front seat means whereby when said harvesting device is towed behind a separate vehicle, said foot rest can be folded out of the way during sharpe articulated turns;
- a pair of rear seat means mounted one on each side of said frame means outwardly of said front seat means a distance approximately equaling the width of a crop row;
- a longitudinally disposed, rearwardly driven conveyor means in the form of an open interconnected plurality of rod-like fingers mounted on said frame and extended from adjacent and between said front seat means rearwardly and upwardly to an elevated, outwardly projecting position behind said frame means;
- conveyor means extended upwardly and inwardly from adjacent each of said rear seat means to above said longitudinal conveyor means whereby as the crop adjacent each of said front seat means is harvested, it can be deposited directly on said longitudinal conveyor and as the crop adjacent each of said rear seat means is harvested, it can be conveyed therefrom to above and deposited on said longitudinal conveyor;
- and a crop receiving means articulatingly connected to and disposed rearwardly of said frame means below the rear portion of said longitudinal conveyor means whereby an improved harvester means is provided.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.