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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2002
Bradley James Watts, Eldridge, IA (US);
Klaus Ernst Becker, East Moline, IL (US);
Scott Robert Bowers, Geneseo, IL (US);
Michael Dwain Benhart, Rock Island, IL (US);
Ronald Leo Sheedy, Eldridge, IA (US);
Keith Allan Moreland, Aledo, IL (US);
Walter Emmert, Contwig, DE;
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A mechanism for attaching a harvesting assembly to a combine having a multicoupler which connects hydraulic lines on the combine with hydraulic lines on the harvesting assembly as two halves of the multicoupler are brought together, and a latching mechanism which mechanically couples the harvesting assembly to the combine, the latching mechanism being operatively connected with the multicoupler to shift between latched and unlatched modes as the multicoupler is shifted between connected and unconnected modes.