Patent ID: 9420742
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: A01D

Claim Text:
1. A reaping machine comprising: a rotatable sickle bar; a reaping blade pivotally mounted to the sickle bar; a pin having a fastening section fastened to the sickle bar and a holding section separated from the fastening section by a shoulder for holding the reaping blade so that it is pivotal with respect to the sickle bar, the pin having a key; and an anti-rotation device having a keyway formed in a shape essentially corresponding to a cross section of the key and having a surface configured to engage the sickle to prevent relative rotation of the anti-rotation device with respect to the sickle bar; wherein the pin is rotatably fixed by engagement of the key in the keyway and engagement of the anti-rotation device with the sickle bar.