Patent ID: 9210842
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A first snap roll for a harvesting header comprising a plurality of sides defining an outer surface and comprising a plurality of outwardly extending straight portions, said straight portions being substantially straight relative their length, and said straight portions are at an angle with a central axis of rotation of said first snap roll, wherein said plurality of straight portions comprises a first plurality of straight portions and a second plurality of straight portions, wherein said first plurality of straight portions is displaced from said second plurality of straight portions relative the length of said snap roll, wherein a leading end of a straight portion of said second plurality of straight portions extends forward of a trailing end of a straight portion of said first plurality of straight portions and each of said first plurality of straight portions is grouped with a respective one of said second plurality of straight portions on one of the plurality of sides such that said grouped straight portions are parallel with one another along the length of said first snap roll on said side, wherein each of said plurality of sides is flat.