Device for working crop lying on the ground

Claim 1

A TEDDING DEVICE COMPRISING A FRAME, GROUPS OF RAKE MEMBERS, A SUPPORTING MEMBER CONNECTTING EACH OF SAID GROUPS TO SAID FRAME, GROUND WHEELS SUPPORTING SAID SUPPORTING MEMBERS, SAID RAKE MEMBERS HAVING A FIXED POSITION RELATIVE TO THEIR RESPECTIVE SUPPORTS, SAID FRAME COMPRISING A FIRST BEAM PIVOTALLY COUPLED TO A SECOND BEAM, AT LEAST TWO GROUPS OF RAKE MEMBERS BEING SUPPORTED ON SAID FIRST BEAM, A FURTHER GROUP OF RAKE MEMBERS BEING SUPPORTED ON SAID SECOND BEAM, MEANS FOR PIVOTING SAID SECOND BEAM BOTH HORIZONTALLY AND VERTICALLY RELATIVE TO SAID FIRST BEAM, SAID RAKE MEMBERS BEING ARRANGED IN A SINGLE ROW WHICH EXTENDS SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID FRAME BEAMS AND TRANSVERSE TO THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL, THE FIRST FRAME BEAM ACCOMMODATING A ROTATABLE SHAFT, SAID ROTATABLE SHAFT BEING CONNECTED TO AT LEAST ONE DRIVE SHAFT FOR ROTATING SAID RAKING MEMBERS, SAID DRIVE SHAFT BEING SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR WITH RESPECT TO SAID ROTATABLE SHAFT.