| US 7,520,113 B2 | ||
| Reverse drive engaging mechanism for a feeder of an agricultural combine | ||
| Orlin W. Johnson, Geneseo, Ill. (US); Guy N. Thedford, Naperville, Ill. (US); and George R. Vater, Clarendon Hills, Ill. (US) | ||
| Assigned to CNH America LLC, New Holland, Pa. (US) | ||
| Filed on May 12, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/433,729. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0261379 A1, Nov. 15, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. A01D 69/06 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 56—11.2 [460/20] | 18 Claims |
| 1. A reverse drive engaging mechanism for a feeder of an agricultural combine, comprising:
a power unit including a drive motor having an output gear drivingly rotatable by the motor about an output axis therethrough;
support structure supporting the power unit and configured to be mounted proximate to a drive gear of a mechanism to be reversed,
the support structure supporting the power unit such that when the support structure is mounted proximate to the drive gear
the output axis will be substantially parallel to a drive axis about which the drive gear is rotatable, wherein the output
and drive axes are spaced apart along a first direction, wherein the first direction is transverse to the output and drive
axes, further wherein the output and drive gears are in alignment so as to engage along the first direction, and the support
structure allowing the power unit to be moved substantially linearly along the first direction relative to the output and
drive 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; and
an actuator controllably operable for linearly moving the power unit at least from the disengaged position to the engaged
position.
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