Feed conveyor belt and coupler
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsCorwin M. Puryk, David W. Peters, Volker Fuchs, Harm-Jan van Wolde, Johan Adrichem
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Abstract
A belt and coupler arrangement for a conveyor includes an elongate belt having an elongate web with a first end and a second end, wherein the first end and the second end are thicker than the elongate web; and a coupler having a first elongate recess to receive and enclose the first end, and a second elongate recess to receive and enclose the second end. The belt has a first hole at the first end and a second hole at the second end and the coupler comprises a first pin extending through the first hole and a second pin extending through the second hole when the belt ends are coupled by the coupler.
Claims11
A belt and coupler arrangement for a feederhouse feed conveyor of an agricultural harvester, the arrangement comprising:
- an elongate belt having an elongate web with a first end and a second end, wherein the first end and the second end are thicker than the elongate web;
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- a coupler having a first elongate recess to receive and enclose the first end, and a second elongate recess to receive and enclose the second end;
- wherein the first elongate recess has a first elongate gap defined by first and second lips that are opposed and through which the elongate web extends;
- wherein the second elongate recess has a second elongate gap defined by third and fourth lips that are opposed and through which the elongate web extends;
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- wherein the coupler further comprises:
- a first plate having the first and third lips;
- a second plate having the second and fourth lips;
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- at least one threaded fastener fixing the first plate and the second plate together,
- wherein the belt has a first hole at the first end and a second hole at the second end and wherein the coupler comprises a first pin extending through the first hole and a second pin extending through the second hole when the belt ends are coupled by the coupler.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.