(under subclass 10.1) Machine provided with prong members that engage and handle vegetation or crop and further provided with means for causing said members to move with more than one degree of movement.
(1) Note. This subclass provides for a harvester wherein there is a cylinder having projecting fingers, and the fingers move generally radially in and out of the cylinder as the cylinder rotates, or for a harvester wherein prongs of a hay rake revolve with their supporting carriage and an axis parallel to the ground but maintain their orientation so their free ends point constantly toward the ground.