COLLATING DEVICE FOR HARVESTING AND FEEDING CUCUMBER PLANTS TO MOBILE HARVESTER Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC A01D45/00 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: device is located in the direction of movement in front of the harvesting machine (2), where cucumbers are separated from plants, with two lateral wheel halm-cutters (34), which in the perimetre area dig into ground (9) and serve for free cutting the track of harvest, with the circulation carrier vehicle (10) consistent to the width. At that the carrier vehicle (10) is equipped with prongs to lift and transport cucumber plants to the machine (2) and with the cutting apparatus (24) extending to the width of the track for close to the ground cutting the cucumber plants immediately after lifting. Cutting apparatus (24) is adjusted for height by the ground probing mechanism (29). The carrier vehicle (10) contains the conveyor belt (11) and the teeth in the form of pins (12) made of rubber or having rubber-like elasticity of plastic. The conveyor belt (11) is given a counterrotating covering tape (18) which contains cross bars (22) also made of rubber or having rubber-like elasticity of plastic. The covering tape (18) forms with a conveyor belt (11) a leading to the harvesting machine (2) transport channel (23) for cucumber plants. As the ground probing mechanism (29) a roll (30) is provided which extends to the width of the track.

EFFECT: invention provides work under the film and a more careful treatment of cucumber plants.

23 cl, 3 dwg