PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a crop harvester equipped with a pair of endless belts relatively readily nipping and pulling out stems and leaves of a crop from a field.SOLUTION: The crop harvester is equipped with a nipping and transporting apparatus for nipping and pulling out the stems and leaves of the crop grown in the field with a pair of vertically broad transporting belts 28a and 28a stretched between a pair of pulleys 28b and 28c and transporting the stems and leaves to the rear. The pair of transporting belts 28a and 28a are composed of endless belts having a cavity formed in the inner part thereof and provided with tilts toward the upper side of the endless belts. Since the endless belts are pulled so as to press the surfaces of pulling out actions of the endless belts against the crop when applying downward force to the endless belts by tilting the sides of the nipping actions of the endless belts having the cavity in the inner part thereof from the side of rotor contact surfaces (supporting surfaces) to the upper side, the pulling out force of the endless belts is strengthened. As a result, the crop is thereby easily pulled out to improve operation efficiency.COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT【課題】作物の茎葉を挟み込んで圃場から引く抜くことが比較的容易な一対の無端帯を備えた作物収穫機を提供すること。【解決手段】圃場で生育した作物の茎葉を一対のプーリ28b、28c間に張られた上下方向に幅広の一対の搬送ベルト28a,28aで挟持して引き抜き、後方に搬送する挟持搬送装置を備えており、一対の搬送ベルト28a,28aは内部に空洞を設けた無端帯からなり、該無端帯の上方に向かって傾斜を設けた作物収穫機である。内部が空洞の無端帯の挟持作用側を回転体接触面(支持面)側より上方に傾斜させたことによって、無端帯に下向きの力がかかると、無端帯の引抜作用面が作物に押し当てられるように無端帯が引っ張られるため、無端帯の引抜力が強くなるので、作物が引き抜きやすくなり、作業能率が向上する。【選択図】図8
