Patent ID: 8726623
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: A01B,A01D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of converting a crop divider fixedly connected to a harvester head into a crop divider pivotably connected to the harvester head, where the crop divider is fixedly connected to the harvester head by a frame comprising square tubing, the method comprising the steps of: removing the square tubing portion of the frame from the harvester head; cutting off a predetermined length of the square tubing from the end of the square tubing portion that was connected to the harvester head; connecting a crop divider hinge kit to that portion of the harvester head to which the square tubing portion of the frame was connected, the crop divider hinge kit comprising: connecting the crop divider to the crop divider hinge kit by placing the square tubing comprising the end of the frame from which the predetermined length of square tubing was cut into the hollow portion of the sleeve and affixing said tubing to said sleeve; and alternately locking the crop divider in a first longitudinally extending position appropriate for use in dividing crops and a second position extending longitudinally approximately perpendicular to the first longitudinally extending position.