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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard E McMillen, Sherrard, IL (US);
Assignee:
Case Corporation, Racine, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D / ; A01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
56 98 ; 56111 ; 56119 ;
Abstract
An improved row crop header for harvesting crops planted in rows. The improved row crop header has a plurality of row units mounted on a frame such that the adjacent gatherers of two adjacent row units are in offset planes to permit the overlap of the adjacent gatherers. This overlap permits the row units to be arranged closer together on the frame allowing the row crop header to harvest narrower crop rows than existing corn heads. Also provided is a method that uses the improved row crop header to harvest narrower crop rows than in the past.