US 12,329,068 B2
Reel assembly of an agricultural header
Joel Timothy Cook, Akron, PA (US)
Assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
Appl. No. 17/434,728
Filed by CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 27, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/020120
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 27, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/176739, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/811,198, filed on Feb. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0124981 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. A01D 57/04 (2006.01)
CPC A01D 57/04 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reel assembly of an agricultural header, comprising:
an arm configured to rotatably couple to a frame of the agricultural header, wherein the arm has a substantially straight portion;
a carriage slidably coupled to the arm and configured to move along the substantially straight portion of the arm, wherein the carriage is configured to support a reel of the reel assembly;
a cam coupled to the carriage and having a cam surface; and
a follower configured to couple to the frame and to engage the cam surface of the cam, wherein the cam surface is configured to control rotation of the arm relative to the frame in response to movement of the carriage along the substantially straight portion of the arm;
wherein the cam surface is configured to cause the arm to rotate downwardly as the carriage moves away from the follower along the substantially straight portion of the arm.