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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2019
Blue Leaf I.p., Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Bradley J. Wenger, Lancaster, PA (US);
Zachary Long, Harleysville, PA (US);
Craig D. Roberts, New Holland, PA (US);
Andrew V. Lauwers, Stevens, PA (US);
Blaine R. Noll, Fleetwood, PA (US);
James F. Rayfield, New Holland, PA (US);
John J. Conroy, Ephrata, PA (US);
Abstract
An agricultural harvester includes a chassis and a header carried by the chassis. The header includes: a center section supporting at least one center cutter and having a pair of lateral ends; a wing section linked to one of the lateral ends of the center section and supporting at least one wing cutter, the wing section being vertically moveable relative to the center section between a harvesting position and a transport position, the wing section being pivotable about a generally vertical pivot axis in the transport position and substantially prevented from pivoting about the pivot axis in the harvesting position; and an actuator linked to the wing section and configured to vertically move the wing section from the harvesting position to the transport position.