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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1997
Philip J Ehrhart, Narvon, PA (US);
Donald L Osborne, Quarryville, PA (US);
New Holland North America, Inc., New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
A pull-type mower conditioner includes a crop harvesting header vertically movable relative to the frame of the mower conditioner between a raised transport position and a lowered operative position, a lift mechanism to effect the movement of the crop harvesting header relative to the frame, and a transport latch mechanism to control the locking of the lift mechanism in the transport position. The lift linkage incorporates a cam mechanism that serves as an upper flotation limit under normal operating conditions and automatically converts into a device for securing the header in the transport position when the header is moved into the transport position.