Beet crop heap divider apparatus

A pick-up apparatus for picking up harvested root crop from a root crop heap, the pick-up apparatus comprising:

• a pick-up section which defines a pick-up direction, a pick-up plane, and a first lateral outward direction;
• a pick-up member of the pick-up section;
• a pick-up frame of the pick-up section, the pick-up frame having a first lateral side, a second lateral side and forming a pick-up opening, the pick-up opening and the pick-up direction defining a pick-up area on the pick-up plane;
• a heap divider adapted for dividing the root crop heap;
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• a mobile heap dividing member, characterized in that the mobile heap dividing member has an outer end, an inner end and a longitudinal axis, characterized in that the mobile heap dividing member has a heap dividing position, characterized in that when the mobile heap dividing member is in the heap dividing position, the mobile heap dividing member is adapted to convey root crop which is part of the root crop heap and which is situated outside the pick-up area into the pick-up area to be picked up by the pick-up member, the outer end located laterally outwards of the first lateral side taken in the first lateral outward direction, and the longitudinal axis inclined about an elevation angle α between α=0° and 20°, with respect to the pick-up plane, the mobile heap dividing member, by the elevation angle α, in the heap diving position is adapted to form a platform on the divided root crop heap to receive harvested root crop rolling off the top of the root crop heap downward to the pick-up plane.