To remove not only waste rushes deposited near an end on the side of an already reaped land but also waste rushes deposited on the top surface side of a reaping device (14).
This rush harvester is obtained by installing a waste rush sweeper (39) under a transverse feeder (17), stretching the waste rush sweeper (39) under an endless transporting belt (36) with engaging protrusions of the transverse feeder (17) parallel, mounting the waste rush sweeper (39) to another endless belt (38) interlocking and connected to the endless transporting belt (36) with the engaging protrusions and revolving and moving the waste rush sweeper (39) in the upper position of a cutter device (14) in the rush harvester capable of moving the waste rush sweeper (39) in the swath direction in the upper position of the reaping device (14) for cutting plant feet of the raised up rushes and reaping the rushes and equipped with the reaping device (14), a nipping and transporting device (15) for nipping the lateral parts of stem tips of the reaped rushes from the left and right and transporting the rushes to the rear and the transverse feeder (17) for engaging with the parts on the side of the plant feet from nipped sites of the rushes and transporting the rushes to the side of the already reaped land.
IDE KENICHI
MATSUO NORIKAZU
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