Patent ID: 7308947
Filing Date: 2007-12-18
Classification: A01B

Abstract:
1. A pull-type machine for towed movement by a tractor comprising: a frame mounted on ground wheels for movement across ground carrying a standing crop for harvesting; a header mounted across a front of the frame; a hitch arm extending from the frame to a forward end of the hitch arm arranged for attachment to a hitch connector of a tractor by which the frame and the header are towed across the ground; the hitch arm being connected to the frame for pivotal movement about a generally upright axis so as to be movable between a first position and a second position; a hydraulic pump for generating a flow of hydraulic fluid under pressure; a hydraulic motor for driving a driven component of the header; hydraulic connection lines for communicating the flow from the pump to the motor and back to a sump tank; a mechanical drive connection for connecting the pump to a PTO shaft of the tractor; and a connecting assembly for connecting the forward end of the hitch arm to a hitch connector of the tractor comprising: the pump being mounted on the second coupling member.