Patent ID: 9642308
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: A01D

Claim:
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 lock 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 slot 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.