Tobacco harvester with coacting conveyors and tobacco receiving means having an open side

Claim 1

A TOBACCO HARVESTER MACHINE COMPRISING A FRAME, STATIONS FOR WORKMENS AT A LOW ELEVATION ON SAID FRAME TO FACILIATE THE DETACHMENT OF THE LEAVES OF TOBACCO FROM GROWING PLANTS, A PAIR OF TOBACCO LEAF CONVEYOR SYSTEMS WHEREIN ONE SYSTEM IS MOUNTED AT EACH SIDE OF THE MACHINE, EACH OF SAID CONVEYOR SYSTEM COMPRISING A PAIR OF ALIGNED CONVEYOR UNITS LONGITUDINALLY SAPCED ON THE MACHINE, EACH OF SAID CONVEYOR UNITS OF EACH PAIR BEING POSITIONED ASDJACENT ONE OF SAID WORKMEN STATIONS AND OF A CONSTRUCTION TO DISCHARGE TOBACCO LEAVES TOWARD THE OTHER UNIT AND ABOVE AN ELEVATED WORK AREA, SAID WORK AREA COMPRISING A PLATFORM, MEANS MOUNTED ABOVE SAID WORK AREA ON SAID MACHINE AND EXTENDING BETWEEN EACH PAIR OF SPACED CONVEYOR UNITS TO RECEIVE THE DISCHARGED LEAVES FROM EACH OF SAID CONVEYOR UNITS, SAID RECEIVER MEANS COMPRISING A COMPOSITE CHUTE AND HOPPER STRUCTURE TO CONVEY BY GRAVITY THE TOBACCO LEAVES FROM BOTH OF SAID CONVEYOR UNITS TO AN INTERMEDIATE LOCATION THEREON WHEREBY THE LEAVES BECOME ARRANGED AND BUNCHED TOGETHER AT SAID INTERMEDIATE LOCATION TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR READLY AND CONVENIENT REMOVAL THEREFROM BY A WORKMAN ON SAID PLATFORM.