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Integrated draper belt support and skid shoe in an agricultural harvesting machine

a technology draper belts, applied in the field of agricultural harvesting machines, can solve the problems of cutting boards that cannot be inserted into localized ground elevations, crop material being missed in ground depressions, and additional repair expenses

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-10-29
DEERE & CO
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Problems solved by technology

Draper platforms currently in use have a rigid framework not allowing the framework to flex to any appreciable extent during use.
This results in some crop material being missed in ground depressions, etc., while also possibly causing a part of the cutterbar to dig into localized ground elevations (e.g., small mounds, etc.).
Of course, missed crop material directly translates into missed revenue, and localized gouging of soil can cause additional repair expenses resulting from broken knives, knife guards, etc.

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[0020]Referring now to the drawings, and, more particularly to FIGS. 1-4, there is shown an agricultural harvesting machine in the form of a combine 10 including an embodiment of a cutting platform 12 of the present invention. Combine 10 includes a feeder housing 14 which is detachably coupled with cutting platform 12. Feeder housing 14 receives the crop material from cutting platform 12, both grain and non-grain crop material, and transports the crop material to a separator within combine 10 in known manner (not shown). The grain crop material is separated from the non-grain crop material, cleaned and transported to a grain tank. The non-grain crop material is transported to a chopper, blower, etc. in known manner and distributed back to the field.

[0021]Cutting platform 12 generally includes a plurality of platform sections 16, 18 and 20, a cutterbar assembly 22 and a reel assembly 24. In the embodiment shown, platform section 16 is a center platform section, platform section 18 is...

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Abstract

A cutting platform for use with an agricultural harvesting machine includes at least one platform section. Each platform section has a cutterbar assembly movable in a localized manner in upwards and downwards directions, an endless belt with a leading edge, and a plurality of skid shoes. Each skid shoe extends rearwardly from the cutterbar assembly and has an upper surface defining a belt support for the leading edge of the endless belt.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to agricultural harvesting machines, and, more particularly, to agricultural combines including a draper cutting platform.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]An agricultural harvesting machine such as a combine includes a head and a feeder housing which remove the crop material from the field, gather the crop material and transport the crop material to a separator. In the case of thinner stemmed crops such as soybeans, wheat, etc. which may be cut with a sickle bar carrying a plurality of knives, the head may also be known as a cutting platform. The separator removes the grain crop material from the non-grain crop material. The grain is cleaned and deposited in a grain tank. When the grain tank becomes full, an unloading auger which is positioned alongside the combine during harvesting is moved to the unloading position in which the auger extends approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the combine. The combine dr...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A01D67/00
CPCA01D67/00A01D41/14A01D57/20A01D61/002
Inventor COERS, BRUCE A.MEESKE, KYLE A.ANDRIOS, JOHNLOVETT, BENJAMIN M.PURYK, CORWIN M.
Owner DEERE & CO
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