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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
May. 24, 2010
Tim Luetke-harmann, Sendenhorst, DE;
Walter Foegeling, Herzebrock-Clarholz, DE;
Bernhard Aerdker, Warendorf, DE;
Tim Luetke-Harmann, Sendenhorst, DE;
Walter Foegeling, Herzebrock-Clarholz, DE;
Bernhard Aerdker, Warendorf, DE;
CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH, Harsewinkel, DE;
Abstract
A front attachment for harvesting stalked plants has an intake conveyor mechanism that operates independently of the distance between rows, and a picking assembly located downstream thereof and transversely to the direction of travel, which separates the crops from the stalked plants and conveys them to a separate utilization, the plant stalks are guided in a guide channel from the intake conveyor mechanism to the picking channel, the guide channel is at least partially swept over, in the region of the intake conveyor mechanism, by driving elements of intake conveyor elements, which are situated in pairs and rotate in opposite directions, and, in the region of transfer to the picking assembly, the guide channel is at least partially swept over by driving elements of at least one rotating transfer element.