PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a crop harvester equipped with a soil-removing device, capable of surely removing the soil attached to the root parts of crops and without entangling the root parts cut off on removing the soil.SOLUTION: This crop harvester, equipped with the soil-removing device 15 in the lower direction of a grasping and conveying device 13 for pulling out the crops from a field and conveying in rear direction, is such that the soil-removing device 15 is equipped with left and right each of soil-removing rods 41, 41 that beat for dropping the soil attached to the root parts 7b of the crops by left and right reciprocating movements, and guidance plates 42, 42 installed at the rotary base part side of the soil-removing rods 41, 41 and engaging the root parts 7b cut off at soil removing.COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT【課題】作物の根部に付着する土を確実に落とすことができ、かつ土落とし時に切られた根部が絡まらない土落とし装置を備える作物収穫機を提供することを目的とする。【解決手段】 作物を圃場より引き抜き後方へ搬送する挟持搬送装置１３の下方に土落とし装置１５を設けた作物収穫機において、前記土落とし装置１５は、左右往復回動して作物の根部７ｂに付着した土を叩き落とす左右それぞれの土落とし杆４１・４１と、該土落とし杆４１・４１の回動基部側に設けられ、土落とし時に切られた根部７ｂを係止するガイド板４２・４２と、を備えることを特徴とするものである。【選択図】図４
