Patent ID: 7520113

Claim:
A reverse drive engaging mechanism for a feeder of an agricultural combine, comprising: a power unit including a drive motor having an output gear drivingly rotatable by the motor about an output axis therethrough; support structure supporting the power unit and configured to be mounted proximate to a drive gear of a mechanism to be reversed, the support structure supporting the power unit such that when the support structure is mounted proximate to the drive gear the output axis will be substantially parallel to a drive axis about which the drive gear is rotatable, wherein the output and drive axes are spaced apart along a first direction, wherein the first direction is transverse to the output and drive axes, further wherein the output and drive gears are in alignment so as to engage along the first direction, and the support structure allowing the power unit to be moved substantially linearly along the first direction relative to the output and drive axes between a disengaged position wherein the output gear is disengaged from the drive gear, and an engaged position wherein the output gear is engaged with the drive gear; and an actuator controllably operable for linearly moving the power unit at least from the disengaged position to the engaged position.