ATTACHMENT FOR SUNFLOWER COMBINE HEADER Russian patent published in 2001 - IPC

FIELD: agricultural engineering. SUBSTANCE: attachment is adapted to be secured to combine header having cutter and outside dividers. Attachment has auxiliary outer dividers of adjustable width and main dividers arranged between auxiliary dividers. Outer dividers are formed of two longitudinal parts with longitudinal and transverse rows of openings in each part. Main dividers and one of two parts of outer dividers have vertical projection on their rear portion and restricting rims. Strip between vertical projections and restricting rims is attached to header for preventing advancement of dividers in the direction of movement of combine. Dividers have bottom with vertical transverse plate provided with longitudinal slot. Cutter fingers are inserted into longitudinal slot for preventing backward movement of dividers relative to direction of movement of combine. Construction of attachment allows each individual divider to be mounted on headers of any dimension for harvesting sunflower with different spacings between rows. EFFECT: simplified construction, increased efficiency and versatility. 2 cl, 3 dwg