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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2002
Dominik Buermann, Verl, DE;
CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH, Harsewinkel, DE;
Abstract
A cutting mechanism for harvesters, both for harvesting grain and crop with low located crop positions has a cutter bar; a cutting mechanism trough; a plurality of skids arranged near one another in a traveling direction and connecting the cutter bar with the cutting mechanism trough, the skids being movable between an upper and a lower position in a vertical direction; an arresting device arranged in a front region and fixing the skids in the upper position, the connecting mechanism trough having framed parts; screw connections which mount the skids at their rear ends directly on the frame parts of the cutting mechanism trough; a road device which lifts the skids to the upper position and arrests the skids; the cutting mechanism trough having framed parts; rigid screw connections which mount the skids at their rear ends directly on the frame parts of the cutting mechanism trough; and means for arresting the skids in the upper position and selected from the group consisting of a rope device which lifts and arrests the skids in the upper position, a pivot hook and a cooperating mounting pin which arrests the skids in the upper position, and both.