Feed conveyor belt and coupler
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsCorwin M. Puryk, David W. Peters, Volker Fuchs, Harm-Jan van Wolde, Johan Adrichem
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Abstract
A belt and coupler arrangement for a conveyor includes an elongate belt having an elongate web with a first end and a second end, wherein the first end and the second end are thicker than the elongate web; and a coupler having a first elongate recess to receive and enclose the first end, and a second elongate recess to receive and enclose the second end. The belt has a first hole at the first end and a second hole at the second end and the coupler comprises a first pin extending through the first hole and a second pin extending through the second hole when the belt ends are coupled by the coupler.
Claims12
A belt and coupler arrangement for a feederhouse feed conveyor of an agricultural harvester, the arrangement comprising:
- an elongate belt having an elongate web with a first end and a second end, wherein the first end and the second end are thicker than the elongate web;
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- a coupler comprising:
- a first elongate recess to receive and enclose the first end, wherein the first elongate recess has a first elongate gap defined by first and second lips that are opposed;
- a second elongate recess to receive and enclose the second end, wherein the second elongate recess has a second elongate gap defined by third and fourth lips that are opposed, the second elongate gap being separate from the first elongate gap;
- a first plate having the first and third lips;
- a second plate having the second and fourth lips;
- a first pin positioned in the first elongate gap for maintaining the first end of the elongate belt in the first elongate gap;
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- a second pin positioned in the second elongate gap for maintaining the second end of the elongate belt in the second elongate gap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.