Tine device for an impeller apparatus
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsJeremy J. Faust, Charles Scott Sloan
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Abstract
A tine device for an impeller apparatus is disclosed. The tine device comprises at least one tine element having a first end configured to be rotatably coupled to a central rotor of the impeller apparatus. The tine element additionally comprises a second end positioned on a first side of a radial line extending through the first end, and a curved portion located on an opposite second side of the radial line between the first and second ends.
Claims15
A tine device for an impeller apparatus arranged in an agricultural mower-conditioner, the tine device comprising:
- a first tine element and a second tine element arranged in an opposed and mirrored parallel relation to each other, wherein each of the first tine element and the second tine element include:
- a first end portion defining a radial line extending through the first end portion;
- a second end portion having an upper end positioned on a first side of the radial line;
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- a curved portion disposed between the first end portion and the second end portion and located on an opposite second side of the radial line relative to the upper end;
- a coupling mechanism interconnecting the first end portion of the first tine element and the first end portion of the second tine element;
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- wherein the coupling mechanism includes a spacer disposed between and positioning the first end portion of the first tine element and the first end portion of the second tine element relative to each other in a spaced axial relationship with the curved portion of the first tine element and the curved portion of the second tine element disposed in contacting engagement with each other.
An impeller apparatus arranged in an agricultural mower-conditioner, the impeller apparatus comprising:
- a rotor;
- a plurality of coupling mechanisms arranged on the rotor;
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- a plurality of tine devices, wherein each of the plurality of tine devices includes a first tine element and a second tine element arranged in an opposed and mirrored parallel relation to each other, wherein each of the first tine element and the second tine element include:
- a first end portion rotatably coupled to the rotor via a respective one of the plurality of coupling mechanisms;
- a second end portion having an upper end positioned on a first side of a radial line extending through the first end portion;
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- a curved portion located on an opposite second side of the radial line and disposed between the first end portion and the second end portion;
- wherein the coupling mechanism includes a spacer disposed between and positioning the first end portion of the first tine element and the first end portion of the second tine element relative to each other in a spaced axial relationship with the curved portion of the first tine element and the curved portion of the second tine element of each of the plurality of tine devices disposed in contacting engagement with each other.
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