Collector and cleaner for sugar beet - has roots picked up at soil level passed upwards through vertical cleaning cages and discharged

摘要

The collector is pulled (2) behind a tractor and comprises a chassis (1) on wheels (3). This supports four vertical posts (10) which enclose an upper cage (54) and a smaller dia. lower cage (53). Each cage has spirally arranged wires, respectively lefthanded and righthanded. The roots are guided (50) onto plates (60) forming a base of the lower cage and picked up from soil level. A rotating central shaft (17), driven from the tractor power take-off (31), passes the roots upwards, the cages removing dirt. The cleaned roots finally pass onto a belt conveyor (41) for discharge into a trailer.