Row crop harvester

Claim 1

A ROW CROP FORAGE HARVESTER ADAPTED FOR HARVESTING PLANTS HAVING STALKS, COMPRISING A PAIR OF GATHERING DIVIDERS DEFINING A GATHERING PASSAGE THEREBETWEEN, CUTTING MEANS ADJACENT THE REAR END OF THE PASSAGE, THE HARVESTER HAVING A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL AREA OF SUBSTANTIAL WIDTH ADJACENT THE PASSAGE FOR RECEIVING THE PLANT STALKS THEREUPON, AFTER BEING CUT, IN POSITION ADJACENT THE HORIZONTAL FOR FURTHERD MOVEMENT OF THE STALKS REARWARDLY, COMMON MEANS ON AT LEAST ONE OF THE GATHERING DIVIDERS ON A SIDE OF THE PASSAGE FOR CARRYING THE STALKS REARWARDLY AND FOR ACTIVELY SPREADING THE CUT STALKS LATERALLY THROUGHOUT SAID AREA AND COMPRISING A CHAIN HAVING A RUN ALONGSIDE SAID PASSAGE AND INCLUDING FINGERS ON THE CHAIN PROJECTING INTO SAID PASSAGE FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE STALKS OF THE CROP FOR MOVING THE CROP WITHIN THE PASSAGE REARWARDLY, SAID GENERALLY HORIZONTAL AREA HAVING A SLOT, THEREIN, SAID CHAIN HAVING A TRANSVERSE RUN EXTENDING THROUGH SAID SLOT AND HAVING THE FINGERS THEREON PROJECTING ABOVE SAID AREA.