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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jean Francois Boucher, Gray, FR;
Roger Franet, Sarreguemines, FR;
Larry Neil Smith, Ottumwa, IA (US);
Matthew Jay Mentzer, Ottumwa, IA (US);
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 4/310 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 4/310 ;
Abstract
A mower-conditioner includes a conditioning device which is mounted for being selectively shifted transverse the direction of travel so as to be offset relative to the longitudinal centerline of the mowing device. Associated with the conditioning device is a crop guide device which may be selectively adjusted to cause a narrowed stream of conditioned crop to be deposited to opposite sides of a longitudinal centerline of the conditioning device.