CROP LIFTER WITH ANGLE AND FINGER ADJUSTMENT

摘要

A crop lifter apparatus has a bracket for attachment to a header guard finger. A cylindrical groove in a front portion of the mounting bracket has an axis perpendicular to a travel direction and a lock bolt hole is defined through the mounting bracket at the groove. The rear of a finger support member has a cylindrical wall engaged in the groove, and defines a cylindrical lock aperture with an axis coincidental with the axis of the groove. A slot in the rear of the support member is oriented perpendicular to the axis of the lock aperture. A lock cylinder is engaged in the lock aperture and a lock bolt extends through the lock bolt hole and the slot and into the lock cylinder and is tightened to secure the support member to the mounting bracket at a selected finger angle. A length of the lifting finger may be adjustable.

主权项

1. A crop lifter apparatus for attachment to a harvest header, the apparatus comprising;
a mounting bracket adapted at a rear portion thereof for attachment to a guard finger of the header; a groove with a cylindrical groove wall defined in a front portion of the mounting bracket such that an axis of the groove is oriented substantially horizontally and perpendicular to an operating travel direction of the header when the mounting bracket is attached to the header, and a Sock bolt hole defined through the mounting bracket at a middle portion of the groove; a lifting finger support member having a proximate end with a cylindrical outer wall engaged in the groove, and defining a cylindrical lock aperture wherein an axis of the lock aperture substantially coincides with the axis of the groove; a lifting finger attached to the lifting finger support member; a slot defined in the outer wall of the proximate end of the lifting finger support member, the slot oriented substantially perpendicular to the axis of the lock aperture; a lock cylinder engaged in the lock aperture and having a cylindrical outer wall corresponding to an inner surface of the lock aperture; a lock bolt extending through the lock bolt hole and the siot and engaged in a threaded hole defined by the lock cylinder and tightened to secure the lifting finger support member to the mounting bracket at a selected finger angle.