摘要 |
<p>A mechanical harvester is specifically designed for mechanically picking ''gourmet-type'' leguminous crops with hand-picked quality. The picking tools are a plurality of elongate resilient fingers (200) which are disposed on an endless moving belt (36) for gently combing the crop from the plants. The harvester (10) is adapted to be placed behind a towing vehicle such as a tractor (12), with the crop pick-up point (14) in vertical alignment with the main tractor axis (17) for assuring proper positioning of the pick-up point relative to the surface and for assuring good operator visibility. A universal crop transfer system is adapted to receive a removable collection chamber (28) and a removable and readily replaceable harvesting implement (30), whereby the harvester may be quickly modified for harvesting any one of a predetermined variety of leguminous crops. The harvester implement, collection chamber and transfer conveyor mechanism (26) are all adapted to be mounted on a standard three-point hitch (18, 20, 22).</p> |