Method and apparatus for harvesting and handling crops
Abstract
Abstract A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HARVESTIG LEAFY CROPS IN WHICH AN ELONGATED WEB MEANS OF FLEXIBLE POROUS SHEET MATERIAL IS MOVED ALONG PAST A HARVESTING STATION AT WHICH HARVESTERS LAY HARVESTED CROP MATERIAL ON THE WEB MEANS, THE HARVESTED CROP MATERIAL IS CONVEYED ON THE MOVING WEB MEANS TO A POINT WHERE THE HARVESTED CROP MATERIAL AND THE WEB MEANS MAY BE CONNECTED TOGETHER TO INTEGRATE THE TWO AND THEREAFTER THE HARVESTED CROP MATERIAL CAN BE HANDLED IN CONJUNCTION WITH HANDLING OF THE WEB MEANS. THE INVENTION ALSO EVISAGES OVERLAYING A SECOND ELONGATED WEB MEANS OF FLEXIBLE POROUS SHEET MATERIAL ON TOP OF THE HARVESTED CROP MATERIAL DEPOSITED ON THE FIRST WEB MEANS, CONNECTING MARGINAL PORTIONS OF THE FIRST AND SECOND WEB MEANS TO ENVELOPE THE HARVESTED CROP MATERIAL AND IF DESIRED CONNECTING THE FIRST AND SECOND WEB MEANS AT SPACED POINTS INTERMEDIATE THE LONGITUDINAL MARGINAL PORTIONS TO STABILIZE THE HARVESTED CROP MATERIAL RELATIVE TO THE ENVELOPING WEB MEANS TO FACILITATE FURTHER HANDLING OF THE HARVESTED CROP MATERIAL. THE INVENTION FURTHER EVISAGES TREATING THE HARVESTED MATERIAL IN ANY CASE BY SUSPENDING OR REELING THE ELONGATED WEB MEANS AND THE ENVELOPED HARVESTED CROP MATERIAL.
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- 👤 Emmett T Clark
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