Sectionalized belt guide for draper belt in an agricultural harvesting machine
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsBruce Alan Coers, Roderick James Jensen
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Abstract
A cutting platform for use with an agricultural harvesting machine includes a plurality of platform sections, with each platform section including a leading edge. At least one platform section includes a cutterbar assembly movable in a localized manner in upwards and downwards directions, an endless belt, and a plurality of belt guides positioned partially above the endless belt adjacent the leading edge. The belt guides are movable relative to each other.
Claims32
An agricultural harvesting machine, comprising:
- a feeder housing;
- and
- a cutting platform attached to said feeder housing, said cutting platform including a plurality of platform sections, each said platform section including a leading edge, at least one said platform section including:
- a cutterbar assembly movable in a localized manner in upwards and downwards directions;
- an endless belt;
- and
- a plurality of belt guides positioned partially above said endless belt adjacent said leading edge, said belt guides being movable relative to each other, said belt guides and said cutterbar assembly being interconnected to be moveable in a localized manner together.
A cutting platform for use with an agricultural harvesting machine, comprising:
- a plurality of platform sections, each said platform section including a leading edge, at least one said platform section including:
- a cutterbar assembly movable in a localized manner in upwards and downwards directions;
- an endless belt;
- and
- a plurality of belt guides positioned partially above said endless belt adjacent said leading edge, said belt guides being movable relative to each other, said belt guides and said cutterbar assembly being interconnected to be moveable in a localized manner together.
A cutting platform for use with an agricultural harvesting machine, comprising:
- a plurality of platform sections, at least one said platform section including:
- an endless belt and a cutterbar assembly, said cutterbar assembly including a plurality of knife guards which are movable relative to each other;
- and
- a plurality of belt guides, each said belt guide associated with at least one said knife guard and positioned partially above said endless belt, said belt guides and said knife guard being interconnected to be moveable in a localized manner together.
A cutting platform for use with an agricultural harvesting machine, comprising:
- a plurality of platform sections, each said platform section including a leading edge, at least one said platform section including:
- a cutterbar assembly movable in a localized manner in upwards and downwards directions;
- an endless belt;
- and
- a plurality of belt guides positioned partially above said endless belt adjacent said leading edge, said belt guides being movable relative to each other, each said belt guide comprising a plate and adjacent said plates overlapping each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.