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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2012
Allen J. Kuhn, Hesston, KS (US);
Patrick Kendrick, Hesston, KS (US);
Thomas G. Schrag, Hesston, KS (US);
Maynard M. Herron, Hesston, KS (US);
Allen J. Kuhn, Hesston, KS (US);
Patrick Kendrick, Hesston, KS (US);
Thomas G. Schrag, Hesston, KS (US);
Maynard M. Herron, Hesston, KS (US);
AGCO Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Abstract
A pickup assembly of an agricultural machine has a rotatable shaft and bulkheads with a reel assembly having plural double-stacked tine rows flanked by reel cover attachment areas. Each double-stacked tine row has a plurality of spaced apart tines with a pair of radially extending portions for engaging crop material. Each double-stacked tine row has a first row of tines and a second row of tines offset from the first row such that adjacent tines are offset in both a direction around the circumference of the shaft and also in a transverse direction along the shaft. A reel cover is coupled to the bulkhead and has slots through which portions of the tines extend.