PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem of a conventional combine harvester in which, since the input of power into a reaping input shaft is carried out in the approximate lateral center of the machine frame, a reaping section is interfered with a belt or the like during the rotation of the reaping section to make it difficult to detach the reaping section and open its side.SOLUTION: This combine harvester, whose reaping section is disposed in the front of the machine frame and wherein a rotation supporting point 70 on which the reaping section 22 can be rotated in either one of right and left directions is disposed, is characterized in that power to a reaping input shaft 72 for driving the reaping section 22 is inputted from the same side as the above-described one side through an intermediate transmission mechanism 77.COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO【課題】 従来のコンバインでは、刈取入力軸への動力の入力が機体の左右幅略中央で行われるため、刈取部が回動中にベルトなどにより干渉され、脱着やサイドオープンが難しい、という問題があった。【解決手段】 機体前方に刈取部22を配置し、該刈取部22を左右いずれか一側に回動可能な回動支点部70を設けたコンバインにおいて、刈取部22を駆動する刈取入力軸72への動力は、中間伝達機構77を介して前記一側と同じ側から入力する。
