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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Wubbels, Rhede, DE;
Norbert Wolters, Gescher, DE;
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 4/502 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 4/502 ;
Abstract
A gathering and picking unit for a harvesting assembly having a plurality of picking units. Each picking unit is provided with at least one picking roll. The picking rolls are rotatably mounted to the outer portion of a moving element that is rotated about a second vertical axis. Each picking roll is rotated about a first horizontal axis. The picking units can be arranged radially or tangentially on the moving element.