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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2013
Agco Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Christopher T. Sauerwein, Newton, KS (US);
AGCO Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Abstract
A harvesting header includes a header frame, a flexible cutterbar assembly attached to the header frame, a draper assembly supported behind the cutterbar assembly for conveying severed crop materials received from the cutterbar assembly, and a plurality of laterally spaced apart support arms attached to and cooperatively supporting the flexible cutterbar assembly, with each support arm being pivotal about a lateral axis. The header further includes stop structure corresponding with each of the support arms, with the stop structure located forwardly of the lateral axis and defining a limited range of angular support arm movement.