Patent ID: 6625969
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
A tip for covering a snoot at the leading end of a crop divider of a combine head, said tip comprising:a body formed of a durable, low friction polymer; a fastening site on said body for fastening said body adjacent the leading end of the crop divider so that as the crop divider is advanced through the crop, the body is the first to encounter the crop; said body being shaped so as to taper from an end of said body adjacent said fastening site to substantially a point at a leading end of said body forward of said fastening site; wherein said body includes a substantial cavity therein which opens through the body at said end adjacent said fastening site and is closed by said point at said leading forward end; and wherein said cavity is constructed and arranged to receive the snoot of the crop divider therein so that said body defines a cover for the snoot.