Cogged feederhouse front drum
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsDavid W. PETERS, Corwin M. PURYK, Volker FUCHS, Mark L. MATTSON, Christopher J. FAULKNER, Martin RITTERSHOFER
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Abstract
A conveyor drum (202) for an endless belt conveyor (200) for a feederhouse of an agricultural combine (104) includes an elongate drum (202), cogs (213) fixed to the drum for driving endless belts (210), and retainers (218) fixed to the drum (202) to maintain the endless belts (210) in a proper operating position.
Claims14
A front conveyor drum (202) having a longitudinal axis for an endless belt conveyor (200) for a feederhouse (104) of an agricultural combine (102), wherein the endless belt conveyor (200) comprises two endless and spaced-apart elastomer embedded fabric belts (210) that are driven by drive wheels located at the rear of the feederhouse, and that extend around the front drum conveyor in spaced-apart relation, the front conveyor drum (202) comprising:
- an elongate hollow drum (202) configured to rotate around the longitudinal axis;
- a plurality of cogs (213) fixed to the surface of the drum;
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- belt retainers (218) fixed to the drum to maintain the belts (210) in a proper operating position on the drum (202).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.