PICKING DEVICE FOR HARVESTING COLLAR FRUIT, ESPECIALLY CORN.

摘要

A picking device (12) serves for the harvesting of cereals, especially maize. It possesses a stalk chopper (13) arranged underneath a picker and for comminuting and broadcasting the stalks, the stalk chopper (13) having knives (20,120) rotating about a vertical axis and at least one guideplate (25) which partially surrounds these and in which retaining plates or strips are arranged. So that the chopping effect is improved, the knives (120) are made in the form of cutting edges and/or serrated on their end face. IMAGE