Reel pickup tine
AssigneeAlamo Group Inc.
InventorMax R. Bloom
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Abstract
The invention comprises a two-piece pickup tine consisting of a clamp and wing portion removably secured to a finger portion. The clamp portion is also removably securable to any standard pickup reel bar. The tine is designed to work cooperatively with a plurality of other tine on the same reel bar. The tine is equipped with a middle recess designed for optimal integrity and prevention of damage to the tine's finger portion. Additionally, the tine is designed as a two piece unit with the clamp portion is much less susceptible to damage. As a result of the present design, the cost of replacement is drastically reduced. That is, it is much less likely that damage will occur to a tine, and if damage does occur only replacement of the tine's finger portion should be necessary.
Claims17
A pickup tine for mounting on a harvester reel bar of agricultural equipment comprising:
- a clamp portion for securing said pickup tine to said harvester reel bar, said clamp portion having a clamp head and an inner surface thereof, said inner surface designed to maintain contact with said harvester reel bar;
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- a finger portion removably secured to said clamp portion, said clamp portion capable of receiving said finger portion through a split region and within a securing recess of a clamp neck of said clamp portion, said split region separating a rearward clamp from a forward clamp of said clamp portion;
- said finger portion having a design shape for raking of agricultural products in a forward direction in unison with a plurality of finger portions of a plurality of pickup tines simultaneously mounted to said harvester reel bar, said design shape being concave with respect to said agricultural products and said forward direction.
A pickup tine for mounting on a harvester reel bar of agricultural equipment consisting of a finger portion which further comprises:
- a finger head receivable within a securing recess of a clamp portion of said pickup tine;
- a middle recess within a side of said finger portion extending downward from below said finger head and terminating at a finger tip of said finger portion;
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- an opposite middle recess within an opposite side of said finger portion extending downward from below said finger head and terminating at a finger tip of said finger portion,
- said clamp portion further comprising a clamp head with an inner surface cohesively securable to said harvester reel bar,
- said finger portion having a design shape for raking of agricultural products in a forward direction in unison with a plurality of finger portions of a plurality of pickup tines simultaneously mounted to said harvester reel bar, said design shape being concave with respect to said agricultural products and said forward direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.