Sunflower harvesting attachment for corn picker heads

Abstract

The sunflower harvesting attachment comprises a generally triangular-shaped blade which is attached to a blade mount having an elongated upper plate member, an elongated lower plate member, a space member fixedly attached to and separating the two plate members, and an eyelet member to which the blade is fastened. Two longitudinal grooves extend along either side of the blade mount and are defined by the two plate members and the spacer member. The sunflower harvesting attachment is fastenably inserted in the crop-gathering channel between two adjacent crop dividers or deck plates with the cutting edge of blade disposed in the direction of operationally movement of the implement head so that as the stalks of the sunflowers enter the crop-gathering channel they are severed and the sunflower portion is fed through the implement header and combine into a holding bin.

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