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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2014
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Michael W Mossman, Silvis, IL (US);
Matthew R White, Geneseo, IL (US);
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A finger support () for a drum conveyor (), the drum conveyor () comprising an elongate drum () that is hollow and a plurality of fingers (), wherein the plurality of fingers () are supported at one end within the elongate drum () and extend outward through apertures in a wall of the elongate drum (), the finger support (), the finger support () comprising a base plate () configured to be mounted on a surface of the elongate drum (); a cover plate () fixed to the base plate (); and a swivel member () disposed between the base plate () and a cover plate (); wherein the swivel member () is constrained by the base plate () and the cover plate () to rotate with respect to the base plate () and the cover plate () about an axis ().