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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 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 ...
A01D 43/02 (2006.01); B65G 47/90 (2006.01); B66C 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sugar cane loader is provided with a C-shaped chain piler including a grab pocket flanked by a pair of guide rails and including a third guide rail located at a central lower region of the grab pocket. The shape of the chain piler is such as to increase the movement of the stalks for better cleaning during piling, while the guide rails cause the grab to be moved forward during loading such that the cane stalks are moved ahead of tines projecting from the piler chains so that the tines and/or chains are not damaged when the loaded grab is lifted.