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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2015
Applicant:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Inventors:
Jesse R. Neely, Annawan, IL (US);
Benjamin J. Schlesser, Independence, IA (US);
Corwin M. Puryk, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 57/02 (2006.01); A01D 63/00 (2006.01); A01D 45/02 (2006.01); A01D 101/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 63/00 (2013.01); A01D 45/021 (2013.01); A01D 2101/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An agricultural harvesting head comprises a frame, crop dividers located at each end of the frame, and a reel supported on the frame between the crop dividers wherein a disk at at least one end of the reel has a wiper mounted upon it that wipes against the surface of a crop divider as the reel and disc rotate during harvesting, and in this manner helps clear the crop divider of crop plants that might otherwise become hair pinned on the crop divider. Wipers can be provided on discs at both ends of the reel to thereby keep both crop dividers clear.