US 12,329,060 B2
Harvesting header knife drive assembly
Gregory Honey, Bracken (CA); and Glenn Honey, Bracken (CA)
Assigned to HONEY BEE MANUFACTURING LTD., Frontier (CA)
Filed by HONEY BEE MANUFACTURING LTD., Frontier (CA)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/076,957.
Application 18/076,957 is a continuation of application No. 16/563,423, filed on Sep. 6, 2019, granted, now 11,547,043.
Application 16/563,423 is a continuation of application No. 14/889,811, granted, now 10,433,479, issued on Oct. 8, 2019, previously published as PCT/CA2015/000370, filed on Jun. 9, 2015.
Claims priority of application No. 2853947 (CA), filed on Jun. 9, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0113995 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01D 34/32 (2006.01); A01D 34/14 (2006.01); A01D 34/30 (2006.01); F16H 37/12 (2006.01); A01D 101/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01D 34/32 (2013.01) [A01D 34/145 (2013.01); A01D 34/305 (2013.01); F16H 37/124 (2013.01); A01D 2101/00 (2013.01)] 39 Claims
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1. A knife drive assembly for a harvesting header operable to move a first knife and a second knife in reciprocating transverse motion, the assembly comprising:
(a) an interface mechanism operable to couple with a power source to cause rotational movement of a rotating member;
(b) a first movement conversion mechanism operable to convert the rotational movement of said rotating member to reciprocating generally longitudinal movement of a first generally longitudinally extending movement member and said first movement conversion mechanism operable to convert the rotational movement of said rotating member to reciprocating generally longitudinal movement of a second generally longitudinally extending movement member;
(c) a second movement conversion mechanism operable to convert the reciprocating generally longitudinal movement of the first generally longitudinally extending movement member to transverse reciprocating movement of the first knife; and wherein said second movement conversion mechanism operable to convert the reciprocating generally longitudinal movement of the second generally longitudinally extending movement member to transverse reciprocating movement of the second knife.