Moving Digger With Intercepting Stripper Or Chute Patents (Class 171/90)
  • Pick-up head including an anti-wrapping device
    Patent number: 9414544
    Abstract: A pick-up head may be provided with an anti-wrapping device to prevent materials from wrapping around the pick-up head. The pick-up head may include a plurality of tine bars for carrying a plurality of pick-up teeth. The tine bars may be rotatably supported by a drive shaft and the drive shaft may be secured to end plates of the pick-up head. The anti-wrapping device may be attached to an end of the tine bars to fill in gaps between the tine bars and to create a surface rotatable with the tine bars that is less susceptible to wrapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Kuhn North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Damion Babler, Dennis Williams