The present invention relates to a harvesting machine being movable in a direction of travel (20) and comprising dividers (3) for guiding plant stems, a picking roller (6), a picking belt (7), guide rollers (11) and a front return roller (9), wherein the picking belt is arranged in a loop around the guide rollers and the front return roller, with two dividers forming a funnel to the picking roller and the picking belt, with the picking belt touching the picking roller, with the axes of the front return roller and the picking roller being parallel, wherein a distance between the axis of the front return roller and the picking roller in a direction transverse to the direction of travel is equal to or greater than the sum of the radius of the front return roller and the picking roller, plus a thickness of the picking belt.
From the international application WO2023126849