Patent ID: 6708477
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
A crop lifter for reaping systems of harvesting machines, having a bed plate with projectingly attached reaping fingers, comprising:a support bar with a first end and a second end, said first end adapted for retaining on the bed plate; a grain lifter is connected to the second end of the support bar; a holder being attached on the support bar between the first end and the second end; retaining means being attached to the holder, said retaining means spaced from the support bar and said retaining means supporting the reaping finger, said holder together with the retaining means defining a free motion gap, said gap enabling movement of said reaping fingers between said retaining means and the support bar; and said support bar being rigid, with respect to flexure, in an area between the second end and the holder and said support bar being elastic, with respect to flexure, in an area between the holder and the first end accordingly flexure of the support bar in the area between the second end and the holder is substantially eliminated enabling the crop lifter to maintain contact of a gliding portion of the support bar to the ground.