Reel tine for a harvesting reel of a harvester and a method of assembling a tine to a harvesting reel
AssigneeCNH America LLC
InventorsLuke Andrew Schroeder, Gary Lyman Bich
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Abstract
A harvesting reel of an agricultural harvester having a plurality of support members mounted to a frame and a plurality of tines press-fitted onto the support member is disclosed. The plurality of tines includes a cam for securely attaching the tine to the support member via a press-fit application to forego the need for any additional separate fasteners and tools necessary for production of the harvesting reel and maintenance upkeep of the plurality of tines on the harvesting reel.
Claims21
A harvesting reel for an agricultural harvester comprising:
- a frame;
- a plurality of support members mounted to the frame and extending in a widthwise direction of the harvesting reel, each support member including opposing side walls and a top wall extending between the opposing side walls;
- and
- a plurality of tines connectable to each of the plurality of support members, each tine including:
- an elongated body, and
- a fastener extending from the elongated body for attaching to the support member, the fastener having:
- a first width along a first axis, and
- a second width along a second axis transverse to the first axis,
- wherein the second width of the fastener engages the opposing side walls of the support member for securely attaching the fastener thereto thereby foregoing a need for any separate fixation device to fixate the tine to the harvesting reel.
A tine for a harvesting reel of an agricultural harvester comprising:
- an elongated body;
- and
- a fastener extending from the elongated body attachable to a support member of the harvesting reel, the fastener including a cam having:
- a first width along a first axis, and
- a second width along a second axis transverse to the first axis, wherein the second width is greater than the first width for camming against the support member, thereby providing a fixation force to fasten the tine to the harvesting reel while foregoing the need for any secondary attachment device.
A method of assembling a tine to a harvesting reel of an agricultural harvester comprising:
- providing a harvesting reel having a support member extending across a width of the harvesting reel;
- providing a tine having a fastener that includes a first width along a first axis and a second width along a second axis transverse to the first axis, receiving the tine within an aperture of the support member while the tine is oriented with the second width substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the aperture of the support member;
- and
- engaging side walls of the support member with the second width of the fastener to securely fixate the tine to the support member.
A tine for a harvesting reel of an agricultural harvester comprising:
- an elongated body;
- and
- a fastener extending from the elongated body attachable to a support member of the harvesting reel, the fastener consisting of:
- a first width along a first axis,
- a second width along a second axis transverse to the first axis, wherein the second width is greater than the first width, and
- a pair of recesses about lateral sides of the fastener for receiving a portion of the support member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.