Reel finger

A reel for use in an agricultural header, the reel having an axis of rotation, the reel comprising:

• a bat mounted to rotate around the axis of rotation to gather crop, the bat having a non-circular cross-sectional profile, and
• a finger mounted to the bat to rotate with the bat around the axis of rotation to gather crop, the finger comprising a tine and a clamshell mount to which the tine is coupled and that surrounds the bat to mount the finger to the bat against rotation about the bat without additional hardware;
• wherein the clamshell mount comprises a spine to which the tine is coupled and a spacer wing extending laterally from the spine away from the tine along the bat, and the spine and the spacer wing configured to move together between the open, unlocked position of the clamshell mount and the closed, locked position of the clamshell mount, the clamshell mount of the finger comprises a first jaw, a second jaw, and a hinge interconnecting the first jaw and the second jaw for relative movement of the first and second jaws between the open, unlocked position of the clamshell mount and a closed, locked position of the clamshell mount,
• the first jaw, the second jaw, and the hinge cooperate to provide the spine and the spacer wing,
• the first jaw comprises a first wing portion of the spacer wing, the second jaw comprises a second wing portion of the spacer wing,
• the first wing portion comprises a tab or aperture at a distal end portion of the first jaw relative to the hinge, the second wing portion comprises the other of the tab or aperture at a distal end portion of the second jaw relative to the hinge, and
• the aperture receives the tab in the closed, locked position.