Patent ID: 8322122
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A drive arrangement for a harvesting header of a harvesting machine, the harvesting machine having a chassis on which a feeder housing is fastened, a front side of the feeder housing having a fastening device on which a harvesting header is detachably fastened, the fastening device being movable with respect to the feeder housing, the drive arrangement comprising an output shaft for driving the header, the output shaft being set in rotation by the harvesting machine and coupled with the fastening device such that the output shaft moves with the fastening device relative to the feeder housing, and a harvesting header drive shaft of the harvesting header being drivingly connected to the output shaft: wherein between the output shaft and the harvesting header drive shaft, a coupling is attached with two coupling halves that automatically separate when the harvesting header is disassembled from the feeder housing and automatically connect when the harvesting header is attached on the feeder housing.