Patent ID: 6402672
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: A01D,A01F

Abstract:
A roller for harvesting machines, wherein said roller is in the form of a hollow cylinder having an exterior wall and opposite ends;an outer stub shaft section at each end of the cylinder, the outer stub shaft sections defining a rotational axis for the roller; a plurality of mutually spaced inner support plates engaged with an inner surface of the exterior wall, the inner support plates including at least one inner support plate at each end of the cylinder which is fixed to the exterior wall of the cylinder and to the respective stub shaft section, wherein a plurality of the inner support plates other than the ones at each end of the cylinder are not fixedly connected to the inner surface of the exterior wall; and means for preventing lateral displacement of said plurality of inner support plates which are not fixedly connected, said means including at least one inner axle at the rotational axis of the roller and adjacent the outer stub shaft sections without being fixed thereto.