A buttlifter assembly for a sugarcane harvester includes an input that is rotatable about a central buttlifter axis. A paddle includes a first end and a second end, and extends therebetween along a central paddle axis. The paddle is operable to lift cut sugarcane stalks upward away from a ground surface and into a feed section of the sugarcane harvester. The buttlifter assembly includes a synchronizer assembly interconnecting the input and the paddle. The synchronizer assembly is configured for simultaneously rotating the paddle about the central paddle axis and the central buttlifter axis in response to the input rotating about the central buttlifter axis, whereby an orientation of the paddle relative to a vertical axis may be maintained during a lower half of a rotation cycle of the paddle about the central buttlifter axis.

A buttlifter assembly for a sugarcane harvester includes an input that is rotatable about a central buttlifter axis. A paddle includes a first end and a second end, and extends therebetween along a central paddle axis. The paddle is operable to lift cut sugarcane stalks upward away from a ground surface and into a feed section of the sugarcane harvester. The buttlifter assembly includes a synchronizer assembly interconnecting the input and the paddle. The synchronizer assembly is configured for simultaneously rotating the paddle about the central paddle axis and the central buttlifter axis in response to the input rotating about the central buttlifter axis, whereby an orientation of the paddle relative to a vertical axis may be maintained during a lower half of a rotation cycle of the paddle about the central buttlifter axis.

A modular frame system for a sugarcane harvester includes a base frame section having a forward end and an aft end, with the base frame section defining a forward interface portion at the forward end. The system also includes a plurality of interchangeable front frame sections configured to be removably coupled to the base frame section, with each front frame section having a unique frame arrangement as compared to the remainder of the interchangeable front frame sections such that each front frame section is adapted to provide a differing harvesting configuration for the sugarcane harvester when selected for installation on the base frame section. Moreover, each front frame section includes a front end and a rear interface end, with the rear interface ends of the interchangeable front frame sections defining a common interface portion configured to be coupled to the forward interface portion of the base frame section.

A modular frame system for a sugarcane harvester includes a base frame section having a forward end and an aft end, with the base frame section defining a forward interface portion at the forward end. The system also includes a plurality of interchangeable front frame sections configured to be removably coupled to the base frame section, with each front frame section having a unique frame arrangement as compared to the remainder of the interchangeable front frame sections such that each front frame section is adapted to provide a differing harvesting configuration for the sugarcane harvester when selected for installation on the base frame section. Moreover, each front frame section includes a front end and a rear interface end, with the rear interface ends of the interchangeable front frame sections defining a common interface portion configured to be coupled to the forward interface portion of the base frame section.

The invention relates to a harvesting machine for harvesting elongated plants, for example such as green asparagus, wherein the harvesting machine, moving in a direction of travel, is provided with at least one in-feed device with which a plant is to be fed into the harvesting machine, at least one gripping device following the in-feed device with which the plant fed in is to be gripped, as well as at least one separating device with which a part of the gripped plant to be harvested is to be separated from another part of the plant.

The invention relates to a harvesting machine for harvesting elongated plants, for example such as green asparagus, wherein the harvesting machine, moving in a direction of travel, is provided with at least one in-feed device with which a plant is to be fed into the harvesting machine, at least one gripping device following the in-feed device with which the plant fed in is to be gripped, as well as at least one separating device with which a part of the gripped plant to be harvested is to be separated from another part of the plant.