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US 4,899,868 AGranted
Conveyor for a crop harvester
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorDavid W. Johnson
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Abstract
There is disclosed a flexible rubber belt having molded lugs on the bottom surface and at least one row of molded cleats on the top surface. A plurality of these belts are transversely spaced apart to form a conveying assembly. The conveying assembly is useful as a drag or raddle chain conveyor in combines or in round balers.
Claims6
A crop conveying assembly comprising:
- a plurality of side by side, transversely spaced, flexible belts free of transverse connecting links and having a width which is narrower than said transverse spacing;
- each of said belts having an elastomeric body with a top surface, a bottom surface, a high modulus tensile member disposed within said elastomeric body, a plurality of longitudinally spaced lugs integrally molded to the elastomeric body to form the bottom surface, a plurality of longitudinally spaced raised cleats integrally molded to the elastomeric body to form the top surface;
- and a conveyor bottom surface which traps the crop to be conveyed by the belts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.