| 20080282661 | Paddle assembly for corn-head sweeper - A sweeper for a corn harvester includes self-gripping paddle assemblies mounted about a drive axle. The self-gripping paddle assemblies have a plurality of paddles formed of flat plate stock with a high moment of inertia formed by stiffeners extending from the flat plate. The stiffener plates are orthogonal to the axis of the drive axle and to the base plate. The orthogonal plates have curved surfaces formed such that when the paddles are connected together, the curved surfaces grip the drive axle. One embodiment of paddle assemblies is foldable and one embodiment of paddle is formed to permit easy stacking one inside of the other for shipment | 11-20-2008 |
