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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philip J. Ehrhart, Narvon, PA (US);
Charles H. Hoffman, New Holland, PA (US);
Kenneth W. McLean, New Holland, PA (US);
David A. Hess, Davis, CA (US);
Assignee:
New Holland North America, Inc, New Holland, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 7/518 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 7/518 ;
Abstract
A disc cutterbar having a two-piece mounting hub, one piece rotatably driven and the other supporting a knife for severing standing crop material, with spring-mounted ball and detent devices holding the two pieces members together and forming a shear device therebetween is disclosed. A specially threaded retaining bolt is associated with the knife-supporting piece whereby, upon failure of the shear device, the knife-supporting piece is rotated out of the cutting plane and away from the operational cutterheads.