Agricultural header with a draper belt including a seed saver disposed behind one or more crop ramps
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsJeffrey D. Thomas, Joel T. Cook
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Abstract
A header for an agricultural harvester includes: a header frame; a plurality of cutters carried by the header frame and configured to sever crop material; a draper belt carried by the header frame rearwardly of the cutters and configured to travel in a travel direction; at least one crop ramp associated with at least one of the cutters, the at least one crop ramp including a front edge disposed in front of the draper belt and a rear edge that overlaps the draper belt; and a seed saver that is associated with the draper belt and defines a length extending in the travel direction. The seed saver extends above the draper belt and is disposed rearwardly of the rear edge of the at least one crop ramp.
Claims14
A header for an agricultural harvester, comprising:
- a header frame;
- a plurality of cutters carried by the header frame and configured to cut crop material;
- a draper belt carried by the header frame rearwardly of the cutters and configured to travel in a travel direction;
- at least one crop ramp associated with at least one of the cutters, the at least one crop ramp comprising a front edge disposed in front of the draper belt and a rear edge that Overlaps the draper belt;
- a seed saver that is associated with the draper belt and defines a length extending in the travel direction, the seed saver extending above the draper belt and being disposed rearwardly of the rear edge of the at least one crop ramp;
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- at least one debris dislodging protrusion carried by the draper belt, disposed in front of the seed saver, and overlapping the at least one crop ramp.
An agricultural harvester, comprising:
- a chassis;
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- a header carried by the chassis, the header comprising:
- a header frame;
- a plurality of cutters carried by the header frame and configured to sever crop material;
- a draper belt carried by the header frame rearwardly of the cutters and configured to travel in a travel direction;
- at least one crop ramp associated with at least one of the cutters, the at least one crop ramp comprising a front edge disposed in front of the draper belt and a rear edge that overlaps the draper belt;
- a seed saver that is associated with the draper belt and defines a length extending in the travel direction, the seed saver extending above the draper belt and being disposed rearwardly of the rear edge of the at least one crop ramp;
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- at least one debris dislodging protrusion carried by the draper belt, disposed in front of the seed saver, and overlapping the at least one crop ramp.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.