New Holland North America, Inc.

Ford New Holland, Inc.

Jan R Van Steelant

Adrianus Naaktgeboren

Frans J Decoene

Bert Juul Paquet

Bart Van Den Bossche

Alfrons W Dedeyne

Guy H Osselaere

An agricultural harvesting machine, such as a forage harvester, comprises a plurality of crop processing means (20, 21, 26, 27, 36,38, 49), which are driven in a first sense by an engine (70) through a main clutch (124) and a first drive line portion (111, 112, 39, 87, 89) or a second drive line portion (73, 75, 77, 80, 81, 83). A motor means (110), coupled to the first drive line portion and operable to drive one of the crop processing means, such as a cutterhead (36), in a second sense, opposite to the first sense, is permanently coupled to said first drive line portion, so that during normal harvesting it can provide driving power to auxiliary devices. The second drive line portion is linked to the first drive line portion by means of a belt transmission (95, 99, 100), which is engaged by a hydraulic cylinder (106) when the main clutch (124) is engaged. The first drive line comprises an overrun clutch (87) which is disengaged when the rotation of the cutterhead (36) is reversed by the motor means (110).

Reversing means for an agricultural harvesting machine

A header for an agricultural machine having a cutterbar, an auger and a rotatable reel, the reel having a main axis of rotation around which the reel is rotated in one direction, crop-engaging members being rotatably mounted on the reel around respective pivot axes disposed around the main shaft, is disclosed wherein inclination control means including steering means positioned eccentrically of the main axis are operable, during rotation of the reel in said one direction, to rotate the crop-engaging members around the respective pivot axes in the opposite direction so as to maintain the crop-engaging members at a fixed positional inclination relative to the horizontal so that the free ends of the crop-engaging members define a circularly shaped locus. Drive means are associated with the steering means for oscillating said steering means during rotation of the reel such that the crop-engaging members equally are oscillated back-and-forth around their respective further pivot axes on the reel and the locus defined by the path of movement of the free ends of the crop-engaging members deviates from said circular shape. Means are also provided for neutralizing said drive means associated with the steering means so that the reel may be operated with either a circular or a non-circular locus.

Drive neutralizing means for header reel for agricultural machine

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Loppem, Belgium

Jan R Van Steelant