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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
May. 09, 2008
Applicants:
Robert Honas, Newton, KS (US);
Christopher T. Sauerwein, Newton, KS (US);
Inventors:
Robert Honas, Newton, KS (US);
Christopher T. Sauerwein, Newton, KS (US);
Assignee:
AGCO Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 43/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A harvesting machine includes a harvesting header with a header frame, a flexible cutterbar assembly shiftably mounted to the header frame, and a draper assembly supported on the header frame behind the cutterbar assembly to flex therewith. The draper assembly includes a pair of side drapers and a fore-and-aft draper located between the side drapers. The cutterbar assembly includes a relatively inflexible center section and relatively flexible side sections on opposite sides of the center section.