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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7934365 | Tine for an agricultural implement Tines (1) attached to a supporting body (2) have a gripping element (3) and a fastening element (4). The gripping element (3) has a bar-shape design and is made from plastic. The fastening element (4), made from spring steel... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7124568 | Adjustable rotor stripper mount for a round baler A rotor stripper mount pivotably fixed at its ends to the rotor frame of a round baler for arcuate fore-and-aft movement selectively fixable to the rotor frame. The arcuate fore-and-aft movement alters the distal relationship between the stripper channels and the ro... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7124564 | Harvester reel tine repair Repair of a broken finger of a harvester reel pickup tine is accomplished by positioning a repair finger having a cavity over the broken finger stub so that the broken finger stub of the harvester reel pickup tine is received in the cavity of the repair finger, and ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7093877 | Gutter mounted deck lid hinge A link assembly forming a 6 bar linkage is integrally combined with a spring having a laterally coiled strand to form a hinge that is particularly well adapted to be installed in a small footprint. Such a unit is well adapted for installation within a peripheral cha... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7073317 | De-thatcher A de-thatcher including a tine shield having a mounting portion with a plurality of tine mounting assemblies formed therein. Each tine mounting assembly includes a pair of separately formed tabs and an aperture. Each tab includes a projecting portion and a covering ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6996965 | Processing element for agricultural machines A conditioning element for a treatment device to accelerate drying of forage. The conditioning element includes an active part to work the forage and a first connecting part to connect, in a pivoting manner about a connecting axis, the conditioning element to a supp... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6978592 | Rake wheel A rake wheel includes a hub and a plurality of tines connected to the hub and extending outwardly therefrom to an annular rim concentric with the hub. Each tine is journaled through a first plurality of apertures formed in the rim and projects outwardly from the rim... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6910323 | Harvester tine and bat assembly A combination for a harvester pickup reel, a harvester tine, and a method of assembling a pickup reel. In some aspects, the combination for a harvester pickup reel comprises a shaft, a tine supportable on the shaft for rotation with the shaft, and a fastener assembl... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6907720 | Tine for fixing a cylindrical carrier bar of a reel and a tine assembly comprising a carrier bar and at least one tine A tine for fixing to a cylindrical carrier tube of a reel, in addition to a tine assembly comprising a carrier tube and a tine. The tine (8) comprises the following: a coil spring section (10) with at least one convolution wound about a coil spring axi... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6715275 | Hay rake twin tooth with continuous camber and lost-motion activation and a rake wheel using the same A twin rake tooth includes a shank and working arc within each tooth which cooperate with ordinary rake wheels having rims. The shank within each tooth may have a slight camber which serves to stiffen the tooth against normal operational forces, but which allows the... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6543212 | Rake wheel construction for an agricultural rake A rake wheel construction for an agricultural hay rake includes a central hub and a series of rake fingers that extend outwardly from the central hub. A peripheral rim is located outwardly of the central hub, and each rake finger is engaged with the rim a... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6324823 | Mounting a finger on the bat of a harvesting header A crop harvesting header includes a reel mounted on a pair of forwardly extending arms carried on a header frame above a table and cutting knife. The reel is rotatable about a longitudinal axis and includes bats with fingers which pivot each about a respe... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6199358 | Reel tine assembly Reel tine assemblies including molded tines that have saddle-like hubs which attach to reel bat tubes using a single screw that extends through the reel bat tubes and threads into a receptacle formed in a post of those tines. The post protrudes into the i... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6151877 | Wheel rake hub guard A hub guard includes a vertical wall portion preferably semi-circular in shape covering the upper half of the interconnected hub plate and teeth mounting plate and associated bolts. In an alternative embodiment, the guard vertical wall extends down on opp... | 11/28/2000 |
| 5595053 | Harvesting machine reel A reel for a harvesting machine includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced radially extending support arms, a plurality of axially extending bat tubes rotatably supported on the outer end portions of the support arms, a plurality of axially spaced t... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5551221 | Replaceable pick-up tooth assembly for crop pick-up A replaceable pick-up tooth assembly for a crop pick-up comprises a plurality of pick-up teeth integrally molded to and with a substantially C-shaped flexible mounting unit. The pick-up teeth have a greater height dimension in the direction of rotation of... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5546739 | Radial rake device A turf care implement includes a frame mounted on a pair of opposed wheels. The frame supports a pair of lift arms which are mounted at an angle to the direction of travel of the implement. The lift arms support a plurality of rakes on mounting arms. The ... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5488819 | Weeder with rotary spikes The weeder with rotary spikes in which the weeding operation is adequately and smoothly carried out in accordance with the type of weeds or the like to be weeded; power is effectively distributed without harmful effect to an engine and the like; maintenan... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5271213 | Tine for harvester A tine for agricultural harvesters such as supported on a rotating component for conveying stalks with the tine being a one piece structure having a leg or tine portion and a supporting base or eyelet portion, the tine receives a lateral load from one sid... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5042243 | Tine mounting arrangement and method A tine mounting tray includes a substantially planar portion from which a plurality of smaller substantially planar portions are punched out. Each of the punched out portions is spaced from the remainder of the substantially planar portion of the mounting... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4947626 | Conditioner for agricultural harvesting machines The conditioner for agricultural harvesting machines, in particular for rotary mowers, comprises a substantially cylindrical hollow shaft, which extends transversely to the longitudinal axis of the machine and which - when seen in the direction of movemen... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4901511 | Harvester reel rake bar The distinguishing feature of the invention resides in the fact that each tine of the rake bar is configured in the cross-section as an isosceles triangle with a working edge defined by a vertex of an angle between the lateral sides in the direction of ro... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4882899 | Harvester reel tine and bat assembly An improved harvester pickup reel tine and bat structure results in light weight, ease of assembly and non-snagging operation. A one-piece tine and attachment is formed by molding a plastic tine integral with a split ring to clamp it onto the support tube... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4848073 | Lawn rake A lawn rake includes a tine receiving rake head molded of a plastic material as an integral unit structure and includes a handle receiving portion and at least one tine mounting portion. The handle receiving portion includes a generally centrally located ... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4841718 | Conveying apparatus for crop pickup An apparatus for conveying harvested grains to the platform of a combine from a crop pickup which has removed the grains from a field. The assembly includes two rapidly spinning rollers, the front one of which includes several flexible fins which pick gra... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4782654 | Apparatus for removing material from a work area An apparatus for removing material from a work area during substantially continuous movement therealong, the apparatus having a frame; a wheel assembly mounted on the frame for rotation about a substantially upright axis of rotation; a plurality of materi... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4768331 | Lake rake Aquatic plants and their entangled roots can be removed from a lake or other body of water by pulling a lake rake out onto the lake, then pulling the lake rake, with a load of plants and their roots, back in to a central collection site on shore. Multi-pu... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4751811 | Conveyor for a combine harvester This invention relates to a flexible endless conveyor for a harvester pickup apron made up of a number of side-by-side rubber belts. Each belt has an integrally molded series of main cleat attachments for rigid tines. Each tine is set astride a central cl... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4745736 | Implement tines An implement tine for attachment to an implement crossbar having a bracket for mounting to an implement crossbar, with the bracket having a web for engaging an implement tooth and the implement tooth having a hook located on one end to extend around the w... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4706448 | Snap-away harvester tine A snap-away auxiliary tine for harvester reels. The tine is attached to its supporting shaft by a split cylinder which partially encloses a shaft fitting. Rounded axial grooves in the inside of the split cylinder interlock with splines on the shaft fittin... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4660362 | Crop engaging device A crop engaging rotor for conveying and/or conditioning or otherwise treating crop comprises support members 12 and a plurality of outwardly extending crop engaging elements 11. Each crop engaging element 11 is made of stiff resilient synthetic plastics m... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4656821 | Haymaking machine for the tedding In a haymaking machine, at least two drums; a flexible skirt on the lower part of each drum; spaced collectors on the periphery of each drum and means for raising cut hay or fodder plants into a zone located between the drums so as to bring the hay or pla... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4630432 | Pick-up tine assembly for harvester reels A metal tine assembly interchangeable with plastic tines on a transverse tubular bat having a teardrop cross-sectional configuration. Each tine includes a wound coil and upper shank clamped to the rear wall of a bat by an overlying bracket. The bracket ha... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4589497 | Spring tooth harrow, and spring tooth and tooth clip for a harrow A spring tooth harrow for land treatment has an improved spring tooth and an improved tooth attachment clip; the tooth has a tine, a helical coil spring, and a mounting lug having an inboard leg, a semi-circular medial leg and a straight outboard leg, the... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4578938 | Rake attachment for a rotary power mower A device adapted to temporarily replace the standard cutting blade of a rotary power mower enables the thus modified power mower to function in a manner to rake debris from a lawn. The raking effect can be achieved at low rotational speed of the mower. Th... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4566258 | Device for working crop lying on the ground A rake for working crop lying on the ground having a pair of rotary rake wheels rotatably driven by gear boxes mounted at the ends of the frame beam. The first rake wheel is fixed to the frame beam, while the second rake wheel is mounted on a pivotable ar... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4558746 | Lawn working implement A lawn working implement having rigid teeth which is towed behind a small tractor or other such apparatus to thatch, sow or work a lawn. The implement is compact and highly maneuverable, yet applies pressure to its rigid tines to work the lawn effectively... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4545188 | Crop engaging device and method A crop engaging device for conveying and/or treating crop comprises a support means and a plurality of outwardly extending crop engaging elements. The support means may comprise a rotor with the crop engaging elements extending outwardly from the rotor ce... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4520620 | Harvester reel pickup tine A plastic tine comprising a solid molded body adapted for mounting on a harvester crop pickup reel bat and having a finger portion of predetermined length extending from the tip of the bat at least half the length of the finger portion being of constant t... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4516390 | Apparatus and method of picking up and conveying cut crop In apparatus for picking up and conveying cut crop, a conveying rotor is mounted on a mobile frame which is moved over the ground, and is rotated in a manner such as to pick up previously cut crop lying on the ground and to convey the crop upwardly and re... | 05/14/1985 |
