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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
May. 09, 2012
Applicant:
Joel M. Schreiner, Ankeny, IA (US);
Inventor:
Joel M. Schreiner, Ankeny, IA (US);
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 46/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A doffer adjustment device for a unit of a cotton harvester. The unit includes a frame. A drum is rotatably coupled to the frame. A plurality of rows of spindles is rotatably coupled to the drum. A doffer column is rotatably coupled to the frame and configured to remove cotton from the spindles. The doffer adjustment device includes an adjusting member having a shaft portion and a wrench receiving portion. A locking device is coupled to the shaft portion. Wherein, the locking device is yieldable to an input causing rotation of the wrench receiving portion.