Inclined conveyor for agricultural harvesting machines

An endless conveyor for conveying tuberous agricultural products, said conveyor comprising:

• at least two parallel and spaced apart, pull-resistant, flexible belts (2) extending in a conveying direction (1) of said conveyor;
• spaced apart and parallel followers (3, 30) extending perpendicularly to said conveying direction (1);
• said followers (3, 30) connected to said at least two belts (1);
• said followers (3, 30) having each an upper edge remote from said at least two belts, wherein said upper edges have projections (8) arranged in a transverse direction perpendicular to said conveying direction (1);
• a web (10) having portions extending between said followers (3, 30) for supporting the tuberous agricultural products;
• said web (10) comprised of flexible, pull-resistant, elongate web elements (11, 12) extending angularly to one another and having crossing points;
• said web elements (11, 12) connected fixedly to one another at said crossing points and defining mesh openings (9);
• said mesh openings (9) in the area of said followers (3) being penetrated by said projections (8) and said web (10) suspended from said upper edges.