摘要 |
<p>An apparatus for picking up, cutting off and conveying stalked crops, in particular maize, grown in a plurality of rows, to the infeed means of a harvesting machine such as a maize chopper, comprises two driven conveying drums 1, 2 provided on their peripheries with projections 10, guides 3, 4 and cutters 29, 29', associated respectively with drums 1, 2, the guides being provided with respective cutters 30, 30', and wherein the conveyor drums 1, 2 are axially staggered in relation to one another and partly overlap one another and wherein each guide 3, 4 extends over an arc subtending an angle between 60 and 90 DEG . Arrangements are disclosed of the above construction for harvesting more than two rows of crops. <IMAGE></p> |