Patent ID: 9743588
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: A01D

Claim:
1. A drive arrangement for a harvesting header of a harvesting machine having a running gear on which a feeder housing is mounted, a front side of the feeder housing having a header mount that that is movable relative to the feeder housing and on which the harvesting header is detachably fastened by a number of fixed mounting points of the header mount, the drive arrangement comprising: a driven shaft that is set in rotation by the harvesting machine and is connected with the header mount by a quick coupling arrangement; and a harvesting header drive shaft connected to the driven shaft in a driving way by the quick coupling arrangement configured to separate said driven shaft and said drive shaft when the harvesting header is disassembled from the header mount and configured to connect said driven shaft and said drive shaft when the harvesting header is attached on the header mount, characterized in that the quick coupling arrangement is connected with the header mount and is movable relative to the header mount during attachment of the harvesting header, wherein the quick coupling arrangement includes a limiting frame defining a plane and an aperture through which a drive connector passes, the drive connector being movable within the aperture, wherein movement of the drive connector parallel to the plane and within the aperture is constrained in at least one direction in the plane by a spring.