Storage tank and recleaning apparatus for root crop harvesters
USRE29121E · kind E · reissue
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 24, 1975 |
| Grant date | Jan 25, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 24, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
A root crop harvester having a horizontal cleaning conveyor for conveying harvested roots to one side of the machine while simultaneously removing excess dirt therefrom, and a vertical conveyor for receiving roots from the horizontal conveyor, elevating them and discharging them either into a receptacle alongside the harvester or into a storage tank mounted on the harvester frame. The storage tank has a transversely extending opening in its forward portion disposed directly above the cleaning conveyor, and a floor conveyor selectively operable to move roots lying on the floor forwardly to the opening so that they can gravitate there-through onto the cleaning conveyor to be recleaned.
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