PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To successively cut many tuberous roots radially grown on one stem by right and left cutting blades that are inclined and shifted back and forth so as to mutually separate.SOLUTION: The apparatus for digging and picking up crops has a conveying mechanism H for nipping stems S1 of vegetated root crops S, lifting them upward and conveying them and a cutting mechanism M for chopping off the tuberous roots S2 of the root crops S from the stems S1 in the middle of conveying. The cutting mechanism M has a pair of the right and left cutting blades 2 that are positioned at the right and left of the stems S1 to be conveyed and inclined from the upper side to the lower side opposingly in the inside direction and the right and left cutting blades 2 are shifted back and forth.COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT【課題】 1本の茎に放射状に育成された多数本の塊根を、傾斜しかつ前後にずらされた左右切断刃で順次切断して相互に分離できるようにする。【解決手段】 植生された根菜作物Sの茎S1を挟持して後上方へ持ち上げ搬送する搬送機構Hと、搬送途中の根菜作物Sの塊根S2を茎S1から切り落とす切断機構Mとを有している。前記切断機構Mは搬送される茎S1の左右に位置していて上側から下側へ対向内方向に傾斜した左右一対の切断刃2を有しており、前記左右切断刃2を前後にずらしている。【選択図】図1
