Corn picker

Claim 1

A SELF-POWERED WHEELED VEHICLE HAVING A VEHICLE FRAME AND A SHELLING AND CLEANING SECTION ON SAID VEHICLE FRAME, A TRANSVERSE FRAME MOUNTED ON THE FRONT PORTION OF SAID VEHICLE FRAME, A PAIR OF TWO ROW CORN PICKING UNITS MOUNTED ON THE TRANSVERSE FRAME IN SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATION AND EXTENDING FORWARDLY OF SAID TRANSVERSE FRAME, EACH OF SAID UNITS INCLUDING A PICKER UNIT FRAME, TWO SPACED SNAPPING ROLL MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID PICKER UNIT FRAME FOR SEVERING EARS OF CORN FROM UPSTANDING CORN STALKS AND MEANS MOUNTED ON THE PICKER UNIT FRAME FOR RECEIVING THE SEVERED EARS FROM THE SNAPPING ROLL MEANS AND DELIVERING SAID SEVERED EARS REARWARDLY, AND MEANS SECURED TO A TRANSVERSE FRAME FOR RECEIVING THE SEVERED EARS FROM EACH OF THE MEANS FOR RECEIVING SEVERED EARS FROM THE SNAPPING ROLL MEANS AND ELEVATING SAID SEVERED EARS TO SAID CLEANING AND SHELLING SECTION, SAID RECEIVING AND ELEVATING MEANS INCLUDING MEANS FOR ELEVATING SEVERED EARS THROUGH A RELATIVELY STEEP ANGLE OF INCLINATION TO THE CLEANING AND SHELLING SECTION AND TRANSVERSE MEANS FOR RECEIVING THE SEVERED EARS FROM EACH OF THE MEANS FOR RECEIVING SEVERED EARS FROM THE SNAPPING ROLL MEANS AND DELIVERING THE EARS TO THE ELEVATED MEANS, SAID TRANSVERSE AUGER HOUSING HAVING END WALLS, AND A PAIR OF SPACED TRANSVERSE AUGERS MOUNTED IN SAID TRANSVERSE HOUSING, EACH AUGER HAVING A SHAFT EXTENDING OUTWARDLY THROUGH AN END WALL AND SOLELY JOURNALLED FOR ROTATION IN THE END WALL, AND DRIVE MEANS FOR DRIVING EACH OF THE AUGERS.