Auger finger with tether for retaining and retracting the finger when broken.

摘要

A finger (48) for a crop gathering auger (34) for an agricultural harvesting machine, including a tether (66) which spans a failure region (56) of the finger and will retain a free end (54) of the finger in connection with a mounting end (52) thereof when the failure region is broken, and which is preferably additionally operable for automatically retracting the broken off free end into an auger drum (36) and retaining it therein during subsequent rotation of the drum for limiting potential damage from the broken end and preventing entry of the broken end into crop handling equipment of the combine.