# US 2014/0150395 A1 · Integrated draper belt support and skid shoe in an agricultural harvesting machine

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- Number: US 2014/0150395 A1
- Document ID: US20140150395A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/173,345
- Filed: 2014-02-05
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2008-04-25
- Assignees: Deere & Company
- Applicants: Deere & Company
- Inventors: Bruce A. Coers; Kyle A. Meeske; John Andrios; Benjamin M. Lovett; Corwin M. Puryk
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140150395A1

## CPC

- A01D 67/00: Undercarriages or frames specially adapted for harvesters or mowers (coupling arrangements between animal or tractor and harvester or mower A01B59/00); Mechanisms for adjusting the frame (adjusting devices for the cutter-bar A01D34/28); Platforms
- A01D 41/14: Mowing tables
- A01D 57/20: with conveyor belts
- A01D 61/002: {transversal conveying devices}
- A01D: HARVESTING; MOWING

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim 1

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.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The skid plate of claim 1, wherein said skid plate has a plurality of openings for removeable attachment to the skid shoe.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The skid plate of claim 2, wherein a pair of openings are at one end of said skid plate and another pair are at the opposite end of said skid plate.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The skid plate of claim 1, wherein the plurality of interconnected reinforcing ribs are arranged with a central rib and integral ribs extending therefrom.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The skid plate of claim 4, wherein the ribs extending from said central rib are arranged in a chevron pattern.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The skid plate of claim 4, wherein said ribs have ends that terminate at a distance from the periphery of said skid plate.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The skid plate of claim 1, wherein said skid plate is made from plastic.