Integrated draper belt support and skid shoe in an agricultural harvesting machine
OwnerBruce A. Coers, Kyle A. Meeske +3inventors
InventorsBruce A. Coers, Kyle A. Meeske, John Andrios, Benjamin M. Lovett, Corwin M. Puryk
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Abstract
A cutting platform for use with an agricultural harvesting machine includes at least one platform section. Each platform section has a cutterbar assembly movable in a localized manner in upwards and downwards directions, an endless belt with a leading edge, and a plurality of skid shoes. Each skid shoe extends rearwardly from the cutterbar assembly and has an upper surface defining a belt support for the leading edge of the endless belt.
Claims31
A cutting platform for use with an agricultural harvesting machine, comprising:
- at least one platform section, each said platform section including:
- a cutterbar assembly movable in a localized manner in upwards and downwards directions;
- an endless belt having a leading edge;
- and
- a plurality of skid shoes, each said skid shoe extending rearwardly from said cutterbar assembly and having an upper surface defining a belt support for said leading edge of said endless belt.
A skid shoe for use with a cutting platform in an agricultural harvesting machine, said skid shoe comprising:
- a forward end for attachment with a cutterbar assembly, a lower surface positionable in association with a ground surface over which the harvesting machine traverses, and an upper surface defining a belt support for a leading edge of an endless belt.
An agricultural harvesting machine, comprising:
- a base unit including a feeder housing;
- and
- a cutting platform attached to said feeder housing, said cutting platform including at least one platform section, each said platform section having:
- a cutterbar assembly movable in a localized manner in upwards and downwards directions;
- an endless belt having a leading edge;
- and
- a plurality of skid shoes, each said skid shoe extending rearwardly from said cutterbar assembly and having an upper surface defining a belt support for said leading edge of said endless belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.