PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a foliage harvester collecting and reaping foliage growing on a field and selectively transporting the foliage without damaging the foliage.SOLUTION: The foliage harvester is provided with right and left linkage devices 33 placed at the outside of the right and left sides at the front part of a transporting device F and having a lateral interval wider than the lateral width of the transporting device F, right and left raising devices 42 placed at the inside of the right and left sides at the front part of the right and left linkage devices 33 and having a lateral interval nearly equal to the lateral width of the transporting device F, right and left rake-up devices 49 placed under the right and left raising devices 42 in a state inclined forward, and a rake-in device 74 placed above the transportation start point of the transporting device F and between the right and left raising devices 42.COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT【課題】圃場に植生する茎葉を寄せて刈り取り、茎葉を傷つけることなく選別搬送して収穫できる茎葉収穫機を提供することを課題とする。【解決手段】搬送装置F前部の左右外側に、該搬送装置Fの左右幅よりも広い左右間隔を有する左右リンク装置33を設け、該左右リンク装置33の前部左右内側には搬送装置Fの左右幅と略同一の左右間隔を有する左右引起し装置42を設け、該左右引起し装置42の下部に左右掻き上げ装置49を後上り傾斜姿勢に設けると共に、搬送装置Fの搬送始端部上方且つ左右引起し装置42の間に、掻き込み装置74を設け構成する。【選択図】 図1
