Hybrid draper belt splice
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsBruce A. Coers, Sheldon J. Grywacheski, Benjamin M. Lovett, Corwin Marcus Raymond Puryk
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Abstract
A connector assembly for a draper belt in a harvesting machine having first and second connecting bars on opposite first and second sides of belt end flanges and a flat belt splice along the leading or trailing edge of the draper belt. By providing a flat belt splice along the leading edge, the draper belt can be located underneath a belt cover to prevent grain from leaking out onto the ground.
Claims20
A platform for a harvesting machine comprising:
- at least one crop conveying belt with opposite first and second ends joined together to form a continuous belt, the opposite first and second ends having mating upstanding flanges extending transversely to a direction of belt travel that are fixed together with first and second transversely extending connecting bars and a plurality of fasteners extending between the connecting bars and through the crop conveying belt, the first and second ends, along one of a leading edge and a trailing edge of the crop conveying belt, further having abutting faces that are fixed together with a flat belt splice, the continuous belt defining a width in the direction of belt travel;
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- a belt cover that extends substantially the entire width of the crop conveying belt.
A harvesting machine comprising:
- a harvesting machine feederhouse;
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- a platform including:
- at least one crop conveying belt with a crop conveying surface, with opposite first and second ends joined together to form a continuous belt, and with a leading edge and a trailing edge in a direction of belt travel, the opposite first and second ends having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the opposite first and second ends being connected by a connection device securing the opposite first and second ends of the first portion to each other in an overlapping manner, the connection member having a portion thereof extend outwardly from the crop conveying surface, the second portion of the opposite first and second ends being positioned adjacent one of the edge leading and the trailing edge of the crop conveying belt, the second portion having abutting ends that are fixed together with a flat belt splice, and
- a belt cover that cooperates with the second portion of the belt.
A conveying belt for use in a platform of a harvesting machine, said conveying belt comprising:
- A belt member having with a crop conveying surface, with opposite first and second ends joined together to form a continuous belt, and with a leading edge and a trailing edge in a direction of belt travel, the opposite first and second ends having a first portion and a second portion, the second portion having abutting ends;
- a connection device configured to removably secure the opposite first and second ends of the first portion to each other in an overlapping manner, the connection device having a protrusion thereof extending outwardly from the crop conveying surface;
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- a flat belt splice for removably fixing the abutting ends of the second portion together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.