Patent ID: 6810649
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: A01D,A01F

Abstract:
In a forage harvester including a driven crop pickup device, a driven crop processing device, a driven crop transport device located for receiving crop from said pickup device and for feeding such crop to the crop processing and a drive system coupled for driving said crop processing and crop transport devices and including first and second drive power supplying devices operational in a first mode of operation to effect driving of said crop processing device by said first drive power supplying device and for effecting driving of said crop transport device by a combination of said first and second power supplying devices, and operational in a second mode of operation to effect driving of said crop processing device solely by said second drive power supplying device, the improvement comprising: said drive system further including a drive stop device coupled to said crop transport device; and a control device connected to said drive stop device for causing it to stop the crop transport device when said drive system is in said second operational mode.