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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2012
Applicant:
Forage Innovations B.v., Maassluis, NL;
Inventor:
Rustin V. Bentzinger, Pella, IA (US);
Assignee:
Forage Innovations B.V., Maassluis, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 78/00 (2006.01); A01D 78/14 (2006.01); A01D 80/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 78/14 (2013.01); A01D 80/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rake wheel has a hub with tines extending outwardly from the hub. The tines extend through evenly spaced openings in a support band. At least the inner periphery of the openings through the support band are made of a material softer than the material of the tines to minimize the wear of the tines where the tines touch the inner periphery of the openings as the tines move with respect to the inner periphery of the openings during the use of the rake wheel.