Patent ID: 6729250
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: A01C,F16C,F16D

Abstract:
A transmission for an agricultural machine, the transmission comprising:a flexible rotatable drive shaft having a first coupling, the first coupling having a fully engaged position and an intermediate engaged position; a gearbox having a second coupling which can be coupled to the first coupling, the gearbox having a gear, the gear is drivingly connected to the flexible rotatable drive shaft when the first coupling is in its fully engaged position relative to the second coupling, when the first coupling is in its fully engaged position relative to the second coupling the flexible rotatable drive shaft is mounted to the gearbox, when the first coupling is in its intermediate engaged position the flexible rotatable drive shaft is mounted to the gearbox, but the gear is not drivingly connected to the flexible rotatable drive shaft; a latch is mounted to the gearbox for selectively maintaining the first coupling in one of the fully engaged position and the intermediate engaged position.