TODAY’S PATENT – HARVESTER FOR POTATOES, BEETS AND OTHER ROOT CROPS

The Harvester for potatoes, beets and other root crops was invented by Klemens Kalverkamp on 6^th September 2016, bearing patent number US9433145B2.

The present invention relates to a harvester for potatoes, beets or similar root crops is in the form of a self-propelled or pulled bunker harvester. It has an intermediate or transfer bunker receiving harvested root crop after a cleaning phase. From the receiving space of the bunker, the root crop can be discharged by means of a conveying device that forms at least partially in the bunker a floor conveyer, has a lateral transfer module and can be oriented substantially transversely to the travel direction of the harvester. The conveying device interacts with a wall-type movable support structure at least in the area of a longitudinal side of the receiving space that is facing away from the lateral transfer module.

The harvester has a wall-type movable support structure extends essentially vertically and delimits the receiving space of the transfer bunker at least at times during the filling phase and/or the discharge phase. The harvester has the wall-type movable support structure forms a substantially vertical longitudinal sidewall of the receiving space.