FIELD CATERPILLAR MACHINE Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC A01D41/02 

FIELD: agriculture; mechanical engineering.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to agricultural engineering. Field caterpillar machine contains power source 1 with the caterpillar drive 2, the motor installation 3, the storage hopper 4, the front part 7 of the power source 1 and the elevator 15 with the flexible corrugated pipe 16. Storage hopper 4 front part is articulated to the power source 1 frame 5, and its rear part is supported with two hydraulic cylinders 6, which are located at the angle to each other. Front part 7 of the power source 1 is equipped with the reaper 8 having the reel 9, the cutting device 10 and the screw 11, the rotary threshing and separating device 12, the grinder 13 and the straw outlet 14. Lower end of the flexible pipe 16 of the elevator 15 is connected to the fan blade 17. Bottom 22 of the storage hopper 4 is made of several hat section profiles 23 that are connected to each other with the screws 24 arranged therein. Laps 28 of the front ends of the screws 24 are located inside the hopper 4 near its front wall 29. Laps 28 of the rear ends of the screws 24 extend beyond the rear wall 30 of the hopper 4.

EFFECT: field caterpillar machine works effectively under the conditions of soil water logging.

4 cl, 4 dwg