| 摘要 |
<p>A harvester (10) for harvesting stalks of sugarcane (8) having a plurality of harvest chambers (20). Each harvest chamber has a pair of opposing side walls that (23, 24) that forming a V-shaped forward opening (22) for receiving sugarcane stalks to be cut for harvest and a plurality of revolving, opposing, resilient conveyor belts (28) for grabbing, holding and feeding the sugarcane stalks through the chambers in a substantially upright position. Each harvest chamber has a plurality of adjustable blowers (30) to selectively direct a high velocity air stream onto the sugarcane stalks to remove unwanted foliage from the sugarcane stalks and a vacuum system (40) to suction unwanted foliage from the harvest chambers to a foliage collection chamber (80) located within the harvester. Each harvest chamber has a sugarcane stalk cutting mechanism (50) that includes a cutting fluid storage tank (53) and a conduit and pump system (54) to deliver the cutting fluid through hydraulic jets (52) to the sugarcane stalks at a pressure and velocity sufficient for cutting the sugarcane stalks at desired locations along their length as the sugarcane cane stalks move through the harvest chambers and a conveyer system (28) to deliver the cut sugarcane stalks from the harvest chamber to a desired location within the harvester. A control system (36) is provided to control the various harvester systems.</p> |
