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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2007
Herbert M. Farley, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Wayne Flickinger, New Providence, PA (US);
Mark Luke Nolt, Leola, PA (US);
Luke W. Morrie, Lancaster, PA (US);
David Michael Dechristopher, Akron, PA (US);
F. Jay Eichelberger, Paradise, PA (US);
Herbert M. Farley, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Wayne Flickinger, New Providence, PA (US);
Mark Luke Nolt, Leola, PA (US);
Luke W. Morrie, Lancaster, PA (US);
David Michael DeChristopher, Akron, PA (US);
F. Jay Eichelberger, Paradise, PA (US);
CNH America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
A locking system for attaching a threshing and/or separating element to a mounting lug on a rotor of a threshing system of an agricultural combine, including a single bolt attachment with multiple points of contact between the element and the lug created by a convex portion extending from an inner surface of the threshing and/or separating element cooperatively engaged in a recessed portion of the mounting lug. The locking system resists loading conditions generated when the crop mat engages the element, prevents radially outward movement of the threshing and/or separating element relative to the mounting lug, and reduces the stress on the mounting hardware during harvesting operations.