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US 7,681,387 B2Granted
Tilt out corn head end fender
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsLee Everett Guldenpfennig, Troy Allen Kost, Michael Wayne Mossman, Timothy Franklin Christensen
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Abstract
A corn head end fender is configured to tilt outwardly in a direction transverse to the direction of travel to provide access to a row unit covered by the end fender during normal operation.
Claims9
An end fender for a corn head, comprising:
- a cover portion that extends generally fore-and-aft, covers a rear portion of a row unit and forms an outermost side wall of the corn head;
- a point that extends generally fore-and-aft and is pivotally coupled to a forward end of the cover portion to pivot up and down about a generally laterally extending and horizontal axis with respect to the cover portion and to cover a forward end of the row unit;
- a first hinge member which is fixed to the cover portion;
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- a second hinge member which is pivotally coupled to the first hinge member to permit the first hinge member and the cover portion to pivot about a generally fore-and-aft extending hinge axis, the second hinge member is fixed relative to a mainframe of the corn head.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.