Drive train for a header of a harvesting machine
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorClemens Rickert
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Abstract
A drive train for a header of a harvesting machine. The harvesting machine has a main frame on which a feeder house is mounted. On the front face of the feeder house a mounting device is provided which is pivots with respect to the main frame about a fore/aft extending axis. A header is releasably fixed to the mounting device. The drive train for the header comprises a header drive shaft mounted to the mounting device driving a secondary drive shaft mounted on the header.
Claims15
A drive train for a header of a harvesting machine, the harvesting machine having a main frame on which a feeder house is mounted, the harvesting machine also having a direction of travel, the feeder house having a front face with a mounting device, the mounting device is movable with respect to the main frame, the header being releasably mounted to the mounting device, wherein the drive train comprises a header drive shaft that is driven by the harvesting machine, the header drive shaft drives a secondary drive shaft for supplying power to the header, the secondary drive shaft is mounted on the header, the header drive shaft is mounted on the mounting device.
A harvesting machine having a direction of travel comprising:
- a main frame;
- a feeder house being mounted to the main frame, the feeder house having a front face with a mounting device, the mounting device is movable with respect to the main frame;
- a header being releasably mounted to the mounting device;
- a drive train comprising a header drive shaft being driven by the harvesting machine, the header drive shaft drives a secondary drive shaft for supplying power to the header, the secondary drive shaft being mounted on the header and the header drive shaft being mounted on the mounting device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.