Draper platform with removable central roller baffle

A draper platform for mounting on a feeder house of an agricultural combine, the draper platform comprising:

• a frame;
• a center belt conveyor to carry cut crop material rearwardly towards a center opening in the frame through which crop may be fed into a feeder house;
• a left side belt conveyor to carry cut crop material to the center belt conveyor;
• a right side belt conveyor to carry cut crop material to the center belt conveyor;
• at least one elongate reciprocating knife assembly extending along a front edge of each of the center belt conveyor, the left side belt conveyor and the right side belt conveyor;
• a left side top cross auger above the left side belt conveyor, the left side top cross auger having a right inner end;
• a right side top cross auger above the right side belt conveyor, the right side top cross auger having a left inner end opposite to and spaced from the right inner end;
• a conveyor drum above the center belt conveyor below a space between the right inner end and the left inner end;
• a first rotary drive operably coupled to the left side top cross auger to rotatably drive the left side top cross auger;
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• a second rotary drive operably coupled to the right side top cross auger to rotatably drive the right side top cross auger.

A draper platform for mounting on a feeder house of an agricultural combine, the draper platform comprising:

• a frame;
• a center belt conveyor to carry cut crop material rearwardly towards a center opening in the frame through which crop may be fed into a feeder house;
• a left side belt conveyor to carry cut crop material to the center belt conveyor;
• a right side belt conveyor to carry cut crop material to the center belt conveyor;
• at least one elongate reciprocating knife assembly extending along a front edge of each of the center belt conveyor, the left side belt conveyor and the right side belt conveyor;
• a left side top cross auger above the left side belt conveyor, the left side top cross auger having a right inner end;
• a right side top cross auger above the right side belt conveyor, the right side top cross auger having a left inner end opposite to and spaced from the right inner end;
• a conveyor drum above the center belt conveyor below a space between the right inner end and the left inner end;
• a central roller baffle detachably mounted directly above and overlying the conveyor drum, the central roller baffle being sandwiched between and removably connected to each of the left side top cross auger and the right side top cross auger, wherein the central roller baffle comprises:
• a first panel having a first side and a second side, the first panel intersecting a rotational axis of the central roller baffle;
• a second panel extending from the first side nonparallel to the first panel;
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• a third panel extending from the second side nonparallel to the first panel.