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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026
Filed:
May. 04, 2023
Agco Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Bernard Dean Regier, Hesston, KS (US);
David Wayne O'reilly, McPherson, KS (US);
Jeffrey S. Funk, Hesston, KS (US);
Benjamin Adam Welle, Hesston, KS (US);
AGCO Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Abstract
A sickle header has right and left cutter bar assemblies each having a knife assembly configured to move in a reciprocating motion. A first transfer plate connects the knife assembly of the right cutter bar assembly and a second transfer plate connects the knife assembly of the left cutter bar assembly. A center sickle drive assembly includes first and second epicyclic drives connected to the right cutter bar assembly translate rotational movement of a drive motor gear into linear oscillating motion of output cranks that are connected to the first transfer plate. Third and fourth epicyclic drives connected to the left cutter bar assembly translate rotational movement of the drive motor gear into linear oscillating motion of output cranks that are connected to the second transfer plate, such that the cranks of the epicyclic drives simultaneously drive the knife assembly of the respective cutter bar assembly in a reciprocating motion.