Cover assembly for a knife drive of an agricultural header

An agricultural header, comprising:

• a cutter bar assembly comprising a blade support;
• a knife drive comprising a drive arm coupled to the blade support, wherein the drive arm is configured to oscillate to drive the blade support to oscillate;
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• a cover assembly, comprising:
• a cover having a channel, wherein the drive arm is positioned within the channel, the channel faces upwardly with respect to a vertical axis of the agricultural header, and a lateral extent of the channel is configured to enable the drive arm to oscillate;
• wherein the cover has a front section and a rear section, the front section extends upwardly and rearwardly from a front end of the cover to the rear section, the rear section extends continuously downwardly and rearwardly from the front section to a rear end of the cover, and the rear section is configured to be angled less than 45 degrees relative to a longitudinal belt of the agricultural header;
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• wherein the cover has a lateral concave portion configured to direct crop material from a lateral belt to the longitudinal belt.

A cover assembly for a knife drive of an agricultural header, comprising:

• a cover having a channel configured to receive a drive arm of the knife drive, wherein the channel faces upwardly with respect to a vertical axis of the agricultural header, and a lateral extent of the channel is configured to enable the drive arm to oscillate to drive a blade support of a cutter bar assembly to oscillate;
• wherein the cover has a front section and a rear section, the front section extends upwardly and rearwardly from a front end of the cover to the rear section, the rear section extends continuously downwardly and rearwardly from the front section to a rear end of the cover, and the rear section is configured to be angled less than 45 degrees relative to a longitudinal belt of the agricultural header;
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• a latch configured to engage a receiver to couple the cover to a frame of the agricultural header, wherein the latch has a handle positioned within the channel of the cover.