ROOT, ONION AND GARLIC HARVESTING MACHINE Russian patent published in 2001 - IPC

FIELD: agricultural engineering. SUBSTANCE: machine has top cutting device, bed preparing and soil ripping cutter, which is also adapted for removing weeds from spacings, and device for extracting crops from soil and laying extracted crops in windrows on preliminarily prepared bed. Device for additional cleaning of roots from top remains is made in the form of rotaring drum positioned behind top cutting device in the direction of crop row. Drum surface is equipped with flexible members-whips arranged circumferentially of perimeter of drum surface. Device for picking up products from windrows, separating contaminants from harvested material and charging crop products into vehicles is arranged behind comb-type digging out augers. Separating device has set of longitudinal sticks arranged at an angle to soil surface. Sticks are fixed so that space between them may be regulated. Flexible fingers of inclined conveyor arranged above separating surface defined by sticks are extending into spaces between sticks. EFFECT: simplified construction, improved food and consumer qualities of product and wider range of employment of machine. 2 dwg