Beet Harvester apparatus

• US 6,988,559 B2
• Filed: 01/02/2003
• Issued: 01/24/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mark Holy
• Original Assignee: Mark Holy
• Inventors: Holy, Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): BATSON, VICTOR D
• Application Number:
  US10/677,992
• Publication Number:
  US 20040244353A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,118 Days
• Field of Search: 171/58, 171/45, 171/46, 171/88, 171/95, 171/89, 171/25, 171/26, 171/28, 171/30, 171/31, 171/38, 198/314, 198/511, 198/510.1, 198/512, 198/574, 198/606, 198/456, 198/458, 198/597, 198/370.06, 563/271
• US Class Current: 171/58
• CPC Class Codes: A01D 25/005 Auxiliary devices for the lifters
• CPC Class Codes: A01D 25/04 Machines with moving or rotating tools

Abstract

The invention comprises a beet harvesting device. The device has a first plurality of pairs of laterally positioned harvesting discs, and a second pair of laterally positioned harvesting discs, with the second pair being spaced longitudinally from the first plurality of pairs of discs and laterally between the paths of the first plurality of pairs of harvesting discs so that beets may be harvested in a path between the first plurality of pairs of discs, to thereby provide a novel apparatus for more readily harvesting beets in paths narrower than customarily harvested with a first plurality of pairs of laterally positioned harvesting discs.

Claims

1. A beet harvester adapted to move frontally and longitudinally comprising a mobile frame, a first lateral frame, a first set of plurality of pairs of beet digging discs mounted at intervals laterally along said first lateral frame, a second lateral frame rearward behind said first frame with a space there between, a second set of a plurality of pairs of beet digging discs mounted at intervals laterally along said second lateral frame, with said intervals of said second set of discs being longitudinally between said intervals of said first of pairs of beet digging discs;

a first laterally extending conveying means in said space laterally between said first and second sets to convey beets dug by said first set to a location beside said first and second set,

a second longitudinal extending conveying means, a third conveying means;

said second longitudinally extending conveying means extending longitudinally rearward beside said first and second set of discs so that the first row of digging discs may dig up beets which will be deposited rearward onto said first lateral conveying means which will convey the beets laterally beside the second set onto the second longitudinal conveying means which will convey the beets rearward past the second set of discs onto said third conveying means rear of the second set of discs;

said third conveying means acting to receive beets dug by said second set of discs and combine them with the beets conveyed from the first set of discs, whereupon, the third conveying means will convey the beets from said first and second set of discs rearward of both the first and second set of discs.

2. A beet harvesting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first lateral conveying means comprises spiral auger means, and said second conveying means comprises rearward driven belt means.

3. A beet harvester device adapted to move frontally and longitudinally comprising a mobile frame, a first laterally extending horizontal frame, a first plurality of pairs of digging discs mounted at spaced intervals laterally along the length of said first frame for digging beets, a second laterally extending horizontal frame positioned horizontally rearward behind said first laterally extending horizontal frame with a space there between;

a second plurality of pairs of discs mounted at spaced intervals laterally along said second frame behind the first plurality of pairs of discs on said first horizontal frame with said second plurality of pairs of discs positioned at intervals longitudinally between the plurality of pairs of discs on said first frame;

a first lateral conveying means rearward of said first frame and forward of said second frame on said mobile frame in said space there between to convey beets dug by said first plurality of pair of discs laterally past said second plurality of pairs of discs;

a second conveying means positioned laterally beside said second frame and adapted to receive beets from said first lateral conveying means and convey them rearward of said second frame;

a third conveying means rearward of said second frame adapted to receive beets dug by discs of said second frame and receive beets from said second conveying means at a common location, whereby a mechanism at said common location may further convey the beets off the mobile frame.

4. A beet harvester device adapted to move frontally and longitudinally comprising a mobile frame, a first lateral extending horizontal frame, a first plurality of pairs of digging discs mounted at spaced intervals laterally along the length of said first frame for digging beets, a second laterally extending horizontal frame positioned rearward behind said first horizontal frame with a space there between;

a second plurality of pairs of discs mounted at spaced intervals laterally along said second frame behind the first plurality of pairs of discs on said first horizontal frame with said second plurality of pairs of discs positioned at intervals longitudinally between the plurality of pairs of discs on said first frame;

a first conveying means rearward of said first frame on said mobile frame in said space there between to convey beets dug by said first plurality of pair of discs past said second plurality of pairs of discs to a common location on said mobile frame;

conveying means rearward of said second frame adapted to receive beets dug by discs of said second frame and convey beets from said second frame to said common location on the mobile frame whereby the beet may be removed from the mobile frame whereby a mechanism at said common location may further convey the beets off the mobile frame.