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US 2014/0150395 A1Published application
Integrated draper belt support and skid shoe in an agricultural harvesting machine
AssigneeDeere & Company
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.
Claims7
A replaceable skid plate for use with a cutting platform in an agricultural harvesting machine, said skid plate comprising:
- a lower, substantially flat, surface positionable in association with a ground surface over which the harvesting machine traverses, wherein said skid plate has a plurality of interconnected reinforcing ribs extending from its upper surface and terminating in upper surfaces cooperating to define a continuous uninterrupted contour that reduces in height towards the periphery of said skid plate, whereby said reinforcing ribs terminate adjacent the surface of a hollow cavity of a skid shoe providing support for a leading edge of an endless belt incorporated in the cutting platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.