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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2009
Filed:
May. 12, 2006
Orlin W. Johnson, Geneseo, IL (US);
Guy N. Thedford, Naperville, IL (US);
George R. Vater, Clarendon Hills, IL (US);
Orlin W. Johnson, Geneseo, IL (US);
Guy N. Thedford, Naperville, IL (US);
George R. Vater, Clarendon Hills, IL (US);
CNH America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
A reverse drive engaging mechanism for a feeder of an agricultural combine, including a power unit including a drive motor having an output gear drivingly rotatable by the motor about an output axis therethrough, and support structure supporting the power unit and configured to be fixedly mounted proximate to a drive gear of a mechanism to be reversed. The support structure supports the power unit such that when the support structure is mounted the output axis will be substantially parallel to a drive axis about which the drive gear is rotatable, and the support structure allows the power unit to be moved substantially linearly in a transverse direction relative to the axes between a disengaged position wherein the output gear is disengaged from the drive gear, and an engaged position wherein the output gear is engaged with the drive gear. The mechanism includes an actuator controllably operable for linearly moving the power unit at least from the disengaged position to the engaged position, the actuator being operable for initially causing initial rotation of the output gear during the engagement with the drive gear, and a mechanism for withdrawing or disengaging the output from the drive gear after use.