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US 11,696,527 B2Granted
Multicrop harvesting
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorNoel W. Anderson
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Abstract
Compound headers may include two or more crop harvester types that are operable to harvest different crops simultaneously, such as different crops grown in the same field in an intercropped relationship. The simultaneously harvested crops may be separated into individual crop flows that are handled separately from each other.
Claims17
A combine harvester comprising:
- a body portion;
- a feeder house extending from the body portion;
- and
- a compound header coupled to the feeder house, the compound header comprising:
- a first crop harvester type;
- and
- a second crop harvester type laterally arranged relative to the first crop harvester type,
- wherein the first crop harvester type is different from the second crop harvester type,
- wherein an entirety of the first crop harvester type is laterally adjacent to at least a portion of the second crop harvester type,
- wherein the first crop harvester type includes a chain-based conveyor, and
- wherein the second crop harvester type includes an endless belt.
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A compound header for a combine harvester, the compound header comprises:
- a first crop harvester type;
- and
- a second crop harvester type different from the first crop harvester type, the first crop harvester type and the second crop harvester type being laterally arranged relative to each other, wherein an entirety of the first crop harvester type is laterally adjacent to at least a portion of the second crop harvester type,
- wherein the first crop harvester type includes a chain-based conveyor, and
- wherein the second crop harvester type includes an endless belt.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.