Patent ID: 6023923
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: A01B,A01D,G01N,G11B

Abstract:
In a driveline for a mower-conditioner having a frame adapted for movement over the ground, said frame having draft means for connection to a prime mover for supplying operative power thereto; a header movably supported from said frame and including a cutterbar operable to sever standing crop material from the ground, said driveline operably connecting said prime mover and said header to deliver rotational power to said cutterbar to power the operation thereof, an improvement to said driveline comprising:a cylindrical input shaft having a distal end formed with a conical surface;a clutch assembly supported on said input shaft and being formed with a central hub bore having an upper portion formed in a cylindrical configuration to mate with said cylindrical input shaft and a conical bottom portion mating with said conical surface on the distal end of said input shaft to receive said cylindrical input shaft and said distal end with said conical surface therewithin and to seat said clutch assembly axially with respect to said input shaft.