Patent ID: 6253535
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: A01B,A01D,A23N,A46B

Abstract:
A finger roller for an agricultural implement, said finger roller comprising:a shaft (1) having a non-circular cross-section;two or more finger disks (2) pushed onto said shaft (1) in an axial direction of said shaft (1), said finger disks (2) being of identical design;said finger disks (2) each having a hub (3) with a central opening (4) having an inner contour configured to match said cross-section of said shaft (1);said finger disks (2) each having elastically deformable fingers (5) connected to said hub (3);said fingers (5) of each one of said finger disks (2) distributed uniformly about a circumference of said hub (3) and projecting away from said hub (3);said shaft (1) having a circumferential surface comprised of identical circumferential portions sequentially arranged in a circumferential direction of said shaft (1);said finger disks (2) positioned on said shaft such that the fingers (5) of each finger disk (2) are aligned with the fingers (5) of a neighboring finger disk (2);wherein said finger disks (2) each have an odd number of said fingers (5) when said circumferential portions are even numbered and wherein said finger disks (2) each have an even number of said fingers (5) when said circumferential portions are odd numbered.