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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
May. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bradley James Watts, Eldridge, IA (US);
David Walter Kmoch, Geneseo, IL (US);
Thomas G. Teller, Faribault, MN (US);
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 5/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 5/02 ;
Abstract
A connector assembly for a draper belt in a harvesting machine having first and second connecting bars on opposite sides of belt end flanges. One connecting bar has a plurality of bores while the other has a plurality of fixed studs. The studs project through the apertures in the belt end flanges and the bores in the first connecting bar. The connecting bars are held together by lock nuts. By fixing the studs to the connecting bar, separate bolts are eliminated and only one wrench is needed to drive the nuts. Lock washers are eliminated by the use of lock nuts.