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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 1985
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Curtis H Lindblom, New Holland, PA (US);
Assignee:
Sperry Corporation, New Holland, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74376 ; 474144 ; 192 / ; 56 121 ;
Abstract
A drive apparatus is provided for driving the cutterhead of a forage harvester forward and in reverse. The drive apparatus comprises a hub mounted at one end of a transverse shaft that drives the cutterhead. The hub is connected to and movable along this transverse shaft between a driving position and a non-driving position with respect to another transverse shaft that is connected to a tractor PTO. The cutterhead may be driven forward when the hub is in the driving position and in reverse when the hub is in the non-driving position. A removable belt may be utilized to drive the cutterhead in reverse.