Patent ID: 7540130

Claim:
An agricultural harvesting machine, comprising: a feeder housing; a cutting platform including a center platform section carried by said feeder housing, a first wing platform section extending laterally from one side of said center platform section, and a second wing platform section extending laterally from another side of said center platform section; a height control system including a lift cylinder coupled with said feeder housing, a first tilt cylinder coupled between said center platform section and said first wing platform section, and a second tilt cylinder coupled between said center platform section and said second wing platform section, wherein said lift cylinder, said first tilt cylinder and said second tilt cylinder are automatically adjusted independent from each other during harvesting operation of said cutting platform; and a first height sensor associated with said first wing platform section and providing a first output signal, said height control system being configured to actuate said lift cylinder dependent upon said first output signal and upon detection that said first wing platform section is fully angularly tilted.