Beet harvester with elevated, transverse discharge conveyor
First Claim
1. A beet harvester comprising a frame having front, rear and laterally spaced sides, wheel means supporting the rear of said frame, and elevator means including a first portion mounted on said frame at one side thereof extending upwardly to a preferred height above said frame, said first portion including vertical outboard and inboard units, and said elevator means also including a second portion extending transversely and generally horizontally from the upper end of said inboard unit to a location above the opposite side of the frame, the second portion of said elevator means projecting somewhat beyond the opposite side of the frame whereby beets enter said elevator means at said one side and are discharged adjacent said opposite side.
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Abstract
During the first pass across a field of row-planted sugar or red beets, the apparatus digs the beets from a specific number of rows (six being illustrated but the apparatus herein disclosed can be structured for four or five rows as well), elevates the beets at one side of the apparatus to a given height and discharges the elevated beets into a tank from which they are periodically re-elevated and discharged into a truck at the side of the apparatus opposite the side at which they are elevated and re-elevated, the truck trailing the apparatus over rows from which beets have been removed when not receiving re-elevated beets. On the next pass in a reverse direction across the field, the truck runs in the swath where the beets have been removed during the first pass, and the beets during the second pass are continually discharged into the truck without resort to storage and without re-elevating the beets as done on the first pass. In this way, beets are run over by the truck only on the first pass, and even then to a minimum degree. Also the apparatus is better balanced by elevating beets at one side of the apparatus, and discharging them at the other side. A hydraulic system automatically controls certain motors in determining whether beets are to be discharged into a truck or stored. The apparatus additionally includes a special cleaning bed that assures a more complete cleaning of the beets.
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- 1. A beet harvester comprising a frame having front, rear and laterally spaced sides, wheel means supporting the rear of said frame, and elevator means including a first portion mounted on said frame at one side thereof extending upwardly to a preferred height above said frame, said first portion including vertical outboard and inboard units, and said elevator means also including a second portion extending transversely and generally horizontally from the upper end of said inboard unit to a location above the opposite side of the frame, the second portion of said elevator means projecting somewhat beyond the opposite side of the frame whereby beets enter said elevator means at said one side and are discharged adjacent said opposite side.
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