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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 1985
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1984
James M Gessel, La Moille, IL (US);
Gary L Kunz, Mendota, IL (US);
E Louis Scheidenhelm, Mendota, IL (US);
Hart-Carter Company, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A plastic tine comprising a solid molded body adapted for mounting on a harvester crop pickup reel bat and having a finger portion of predetermined length extending from the tip of the bat at least half the length of the finger portion being of constant thickness in the front to rear flexure direction and of greater width than thickness for more than half the finger length, the finger width decreasing progressively from the edge of the bat to the tip of the finger, whereby the upper portion of the finger will flex in the fore-and-aft direction but not sideways except under extreme load, and will be resistant to breakage, distortion or taking a set.