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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 1979
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1977
Miller Taylor, Elizabethtown, NC (US);
Oren M Taylor, Elizabethtown, NC (US);
Jimmy N Taylor, Elizabethtown, NC (US);
Other;
Abstract
The tobacco harvester as pulled by a tractor and is adapted to span two rows of tobacco simultaneously, two subframes are pivotally mounted from the main frame of the harvester and each subframe includes a pair of spaced apart flat header boards which are spaced apart so as to allow a row of tobacco plants to pass therebetween. A rotating defoliator blade is mounted above each header board and an adjustable deflector is adjustably mounted above each defoliator blade. A horizontal and vertical conveyor arrangement is disposed between each subframe and an identical conveyor arrangement is disposed along the outer side of each conveyor frame for receiving the tobacco leaves and conveying them rearwardly and upwardly to a transverse conveyor. Flexible fingers extend laterally from the opposed edges of each header board across the space between the header boards to prevent leaves from falling to the ground and flexible curtains are connected between the outer edges of the header boards and the adjacent horizontal conveyor to prevent leaves from falling to the ground. Hydraulic cylinders are connected between the rear wheels and the main frame to adjust the height of the frame.