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US 2020/0344952 A9Published application
Draper belt
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsDaniel S. Hoffman, Anthony M. Hasenour
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Abstract
A draper belt for a head of a harvester that is to extend about a roller having an outer groove encircling the roller and may include a web and an elastomeric belt guide. The web may have a first surface to carry crop material and a second surface to face the roller. The elastomeric belt guide may extend from the second surface and may include downwardly projecting teeth.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a draper belt for a head of a harvester, the draper belt to extend about a roller having an outer groove encircling the roller, the draper belt comprising:
- a web having a first surface to carry crop material and a second surface to face the roller;
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- an elastomeric belt guide projecting from the second surface, the belt guide comprising downwardly projecting teeth.
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A harvester head comprising:
- a first roller having first outer groove;
- a second roller having a second outer groove;
- a draper belt extending about the first roller and the second roller, the draper belt comprising:
- a web having a first surface to carry crop material and a second surface to face the roller;
- an elastomeric belt guide projecting from the second surface, the belt guide comprising downwardly projecting teeth.
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A method comprising:
- guiding movement of a draper belt about spaced rollers with an elastomeric belt guide projecting from the draper belt into grooves in the spaced rollers;
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- cleaning the grooves with teeth of the elastomeric belt guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.