Harvesting appliance having a reel protected against overload

A harvesting appliance (2) comprising of a frame (4), at least one cutting device (6) connected to the frame (4), a number of conveyor devices (8) and a transfer interface (10), one of the conveyor devices (8) is realized as a reel (12), which is connected to the frame (4) via height-adjustable retaining arms (14) and which can be driven in rotation about its longitudinal axis (18) via a drive device (16), the reel (12) has a central carrying body (20) that extends in a direction along the longitudinal axis (18) of the reel (12), the reel (12) additionally has a number of tine carriers (22), the longitudinal axes (24) of which extend in a direction along the longitudinal axis (18) of the reel (12) and parallel to the central carrying body (20) and which are arranged in a distributed manner on a circle (34) around the longitudinal axis (18) of the reel (12), the central carrying body (20) is connected to the tine carriers (22) via spoke elements (26) arranged at a distance from one another over the longitudinal axis (18) of the reel (12), mounted in a non-rotatable manner on each of the tine carriers (22), distributed over the length thereof, are a number of reel tines (28), and the tine carriers (22) are rotatably connected to the spoke elements (26), wherein each tine carrier (22) is held in a rotational position via a support element (30) assigned to the tine carrier (22), the support elements (30) are supported on an eccentric drive (44), which moves the support elements (30) during a full revolution of the reel (12) in the radial direction into different positions relative to the carrying body (20), and interposed between the eccentric drive (44) and a connection of a respective support element (30) to an associated tine carrier (22) there is variable-length energy store (32), which permits a yielding motion of the reel tines (28) when a load L is applied to the reel tines (28).