Patent ID: 7757470
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A tine carrier arrangement for a reel of a harvester for cereals comprising: a tine carrier rotatable around a rotational axis on the reel; an adjustment element connectable to an adjustment arrangement of the reel, said adjustment element rotating the tine carrier and being locked to the tine carrier in one of a plurality of positions around the rotational axis; and connection mechanism for detachably connecting the tine carrier and the adjustment element to each other in one of said plurality of different rotational positions of the adjustment element independent of the adjustment arrangement relative to the rotational axis, the connection mechanism further comprises a connection flange on the tine carrier and a connection portion on the adjustment element that are connected to each other, first attachment mechanisms distributed around the rotational axis and arranged with the connection flange and the adjustment element has a specific number of second attachment mechanisms that, depending on the rotational position of the tine carrier and of the adjustment element to each other, are in alignment with a corresponding number of first attachment mechanisms and the first and second attachment mechanisms, aligned with each other and coupled together, to connect the tine carrier and the adjustment element.