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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2007
Applicant:
Michael Lynn Hinds, Thibodaux, LA (US);
Inventor:
Michael Lynn Hinds, Thibodaux, LA (US);
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B 1/06 (2006.01); A01D 43/02 (2006.01); A01D 61/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sugar cane chain piler includes a plurality of endless roller chains that are supported so as to define a forwardly curved profile. A head shaft supports a plurality of transversely spaced sprockets at top region of the piler which are aligned with a plurality of sprockets carried by a tail shaft located at a lower region of the piler. Each endless chain includes a plurality of conveyor tines that project outwardly from the chain. The head shaft is driven so that the tines engage cane stalks by rolling the stalks backwards into a pile being created as the loader vehicle carrying the piler is driven forward.