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US 10,206,332 B2Granted
Draper belt guide
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorAnthony M. Hasenour
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Abstract
A harvester head may include a roller having a groove and supporting a draper belt. The draper belt may include a web and an elastomeric belt guide projecting from web, wherein the belt guide has outer side surfaces extending at an angle of no greater than 100° relative to the second surface when the belt guide wrapping about the roller within the groove. The groove may have outer side surfaces, each outer side surface extending at angle of no greater than hundred degrees relative to an outer surface of the roller.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a draper belt for a head of a harvester, the draper belt to extend about a roller having an outer groove encircling the roller, the draper belt to be driven in a first direction and comprising:
- a web having a first surface to carry crop material and a second surface to face the roller;
- an elastomeric belt guide projecting from the second surface, the belt guide having outer side surfaces extending at an angle of no greater than 100° relative to the second surface when the belt guide is wrapping about the roller within the groove.
A harvester head comprising:
- a first roller having first outer groove;
- a second roller having a second outer groove;
- a draper belt extending about the first roller and the second roller, the draper belt comprising:
- a web having a first surface to carry crop material and a second surface to face the roller;
- an elastomeric belt guide projecting from the second surface, the belt guide comprising:
- a first portion in a flat state between the first roller and the second roller, the first portion having a first shape different than the outer groove;
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- a second portion within the first outer groove, the second portion having a second shape, different than the first shape, in abutment with interior sides the first outer groove.
5 more elements
A harvester head comprising:
- a drive roller;
- an idler roller, wherein the drive roller and the idler roller are to support a draper belt extending about the drive roller and the idler roller and wherein the drive roller and the idler roller each comprise an outer groove, the outer groove of the drive roller and the idler roller having inner side surfaces extending at an angle of no greater than 100° relative to an outer surface of the roller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.