HEADER CUTTING SYSTEM

Fuente: WIPO "honey"
The disclosure describes a cutting system for a harvesting header, which includes a transversely
extending cutter bar, a transversely extending knife back, a knife section mounted to the knife
back having a knife edge extending generally in a forward direction, a knife guard component
having a front guard portion and a rear portion interconnected by a medial portion having a
recess, the medial portion for receiving a lengthwise portion of the knife back with the knife
section being received into, the knife section operable to move transversely into and out of a
cutting slot in the front guard portion, a hold down component located between an upper
surface of the rear portion of the knife guard component and an underneath surface of the cutter
bar, and an attachment mechanism operable to secure the knife guard component and the hold
down component to the underneath surface of the cutter bar.