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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 1982
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1980
Edward H Priepke, Stevens, PA (US);
Wayne B Martenas, New Holland, PA (US);
Sperry Corporation, New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
Agricultural vehicles, such as a forage harvester, have been equipped with metal detectors. The metal detecting device is connected to stop the feed roll mechanism in a fraction of a second. In connection with this, it is important to shift the associated feed roll drive from a forward mode to a neutral mode. Such shifting, if done manually, may involve a delay sufficient to permit the harvester head to jam with crop material. Jamming is avoided by apparatus for automatically declutching a gear selector thus almost instantaneously shifting to the desired neutral mode in response to actuation of the metal detecting device.