Self-propelled combine harvester with hinged mowing table

摘要

The present invention describes a self-propelled combine harvester with a horizontally foldable cutting unit consisting of two cutting-unit halves (14, 15) so that the cutting unit, after being used for work, can be pivoted from the working position into a transport position, so that the permissible maximum width for road transport is not exceeded. To make it possible by simple means to obtain the pivoting movement of the two cutting-unit halves (14, 15), there are provided two very simply constructed drives, of which the first performs the introductory pivoting movement from the working position into the transport position and the second drive is switched on only when the two cutting-unit halves (14, 15) are at a point just before they reach their end position for road transport. The two drives can be designed as follow-up drives. It is also possible, however, to switch on the second drive in addition to the first, that is to say both drives remain switched on to the end. IMAGE