Feeder rake with an overload protection device for agricultural pick-up and other balers

In a feeder rake device for an agricultural pickup and other balers mobile and stationary, a carrier of tines, crank means mounting said carrier for rotation about a fixed first axis, and for pivoting about a second axis radially offset from said first axis, tines having one end fixed to said carrier and pivotable therewith about said second axis, between a first and material-moving position and a second position ineffective to move material, link means connected to said carrier, fluid pressure means connected to said link means for urging said tines into said first position, movement of said tines to said second position increasing the pressure in said fluid pressure means, said fluid pressure means comprising a cylinder and a piston reciprocable therein, said link means comprising a piston rod fixed at one end to said piston and at its other end pivoted to said carrier, said link means also comprising a lever pivoted at one end on a third axis fixed with and offset from said first axis, and at its other end to a trunnion on said cylinder, and a link pivoted at its end on said trunnion and said carrier, respectively.