CUTTING APPARATUS FOR CORN DETASSELING AND SOYBEAN HARVESTING

摘要

A cutting apparatus for use in detasseling stalks of corn and in harvesting soybeans. A cutter is mounted to a corn harvester or soybean combine and has a first disk slidingly contacting a pair of disks spaced apart. The first disk is rotatably mounted to a first tube and is rotatably driven. The pair of disks are mounted to a second tube parallel with and spaced apart from the first tube by a cross member. The pair of disks are rotatably driven at a speed and direction different from that of the first disk. Each disk has serrated edges. Gathering fingers are radially mounted to the disks and arms project outwardly from the tubes forming a funnel.