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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
May. 17, 2023
Vermeer Manufacturing Company, Pella, IA (US);
Curt T. Graham, Lynnville, IA (US);
Nathan D. Dockter, Pella, IA (US);
Kent Thompson, Otley, IA (US);
Grant Hoppes, Pella, IA (US);
Vermeer Manufacturing Company, Pella, IA (US);
Abstract
A rake apparatus is disclosed. The rake apparatus includes a plurality of material gathering members connected to a continuous conveyor member such as a chain or a belt. A drive sprocket supports the conveyor member at a discharge end of the rake apparatus. An idler sprocket supports the conveyor member at a distal end of the rake apparatus. The material gathering members contact a bottom stripper guard and a top stripper guard as they travel about the raking device to remove crop material from the material gathering members. The rake apparatus may be part of a harvesting machine in which the processing chamber of the harvesting machine has a width that is the same width as the pickup device of the harvesting machine.