Patent ID: 6035619
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
In a mower conditioner including a frame defining opposed sides and carrying a cutterbar having a series of individual rotatable cutting units including a pair of laterally spaced end cutting units and at least one intermediate cutting unit disposed between the end cutting units, a cutterbar power transfer arrangement interconnected with the at least one intermediate cutting unit and the end cutting units for rotating the cutting units together, a conditioning arrangement for conditioning crop material cut by the cutting units, and a rotatable power input located between the opposed sides of the frame, the improvement comprising:a power transfer arrangement interconnected with the rotatable power input, the power transfer arrangement including a first rotatable output and a second rotatable output;a generally vertical first drive arrangement interposed between the first rotatable output and the at least one intermediate cutting unit for rotating the intermediate cutting unit to thereby cause rotation of the end cutting units through the cutterbar power transfer arrangement; anda generally horizontal second drive arrangement interposed between the second rotatable output and the conditioning arrangement for driving the conditioning arrangement.