POTATO HARVESTER Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC A01D17/00 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: potato harvester comprises a digging working element mounted on the frame and made in the form of a ploughshare over which there is a clod-destructing drum, a separating working element made in the form of a system of shafts with finger discs attached to them in a chequered order, made of elastic material, and a haulm remover. The clod-destructing drum consists of discs of elastic material mounted on the shaft, formed with protrusions along the perimeter. The discs on the shaft of the drum are mounted with a gap relating to each other, and the protrusions of adjacent discs are located chequered order.

EFFECT: increased productivity of the harvester due to increasing the passage area between the ploughshare and the clod-destructing drum, and reduction of harvest losses.

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