Pick-up apparatus for self-propelled machine for loading and cleaning beets

摘要

A pick-up apparatus for a beet loading machine has conveyor screws (6, 6') which receive the beet from a beet pile (1) and which are pivotable towards one another in the horizontal plane in terms of their setting relative to the beet pile. The conveyor screws (6, 6') convey the received beet onto screening stars (17, 17'), from which the beet are transferred onto a screening band or the like and conveyed away. A respective conveyor screw and screening star constitute a unit, and the screening star receives a respective part frame (11, 11') of the associated conveyor screw. The conveyor screw or this part frame slides on runners. The part frame (11, 11') of the conveyor screw is so connected to the respective screening star that the conveyor screw and part frame are mounted in a manner articulated vertically to a limited extent. The part frames (11, 11') and their conveyor screws (6, 6') can preferably be swung in, so as to keep the width of the loader as small as possible for road travel. On their outer circumference, the conveyor screws (6, 6') have prong-shaped elements for cleaning the beet, or the conveyor screws are assigned separate devices which ensure that the beet are loosened from the beet pile, with simultaneous beet cleaning, and which transfer the beet to the associated conveyor screw. IMAGE