Patent ID: 7373769
Filing Date: 2008-05-20
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A header of a crop cutting machine comprising: a cutter bar; a guard bar mounted on a front edge of the cutter bar; a plurality of cutter guards carried on mounting fasteners at spaced positions along the guard bar; a ground engaging bottom plate on the cutter bar extending rearwardly from the guard bar; and a wear shield covering the bottom plate such that the wear shield engages the ground underneath the bottom plate to protect the bottom plate from wear, the wear shield comprising: wherein the front mounting portion has upper surface portions arranged to lie in a common plane so as in use to butt against a bottom surface of the guard bar and wherein the front mounting portion has at least one recess therein recessed from the common plane and arranged to receive a portion of a respective one of the guards therein, which portion projects below the bottom surface of the guard bar.