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Method for harvesting crops using a tractor-pulled crop harvester

Patent 4018036 Issued on April 19, 1977. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject April 19, 1994. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Patent References

33943

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3097470

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3832837

Inventors

Assignee

Application

No. 05/688204 filed on 05/20/1976

US Classes:

56/1, MISCELLANEOUS56/218TONGUE ADJUSTMENTS AND SUPPORTS

Examiners

Primary: Kinsey, Russell R.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

A01D 67/00 (20060101)

Abstract

A method and apparatus is provided for harvesting crops in adjacent rows or swaths using a tractor-drawn crop harvester adapted for operation on either side of the pulling tractor. The crop harvester is provided with an arched hitching tongue extending from a location proximate to the transverse center of the harvester frame to the hitch of the tractor which is capable of swinging over the harvesting apparatus and of sufficient length to permit the harvester to be positioned by a control mechanism to operate on either side of the tractor.

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