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US 8,555,607 B2Granted
Integrated draper belt support and skid shoe in an agricultural harvesting machine
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsBruce A. Coers, Kyle A. Meeske, John Andrios, Benjamin M. Lovett, Corwin M. Puryk
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Abstract
A cutting platform for use with an agricultural harvesting machine includes at least one platform section. Each platform section has a cutterbar assembly movable in a localized manner in upwards and downwards directions, an endless belt with a leading edge, and a plurality of skid shoes. Each skid shoe extends rearwardly from the cutterbar assembly and has an upper surface defining a belt support for the leading edge of the endless belt.
Claims14
A cutting platform for use with an agricultural harvesting machine, comprising:
- at least one platform section, each said platform section including:
- a cutterbar assembly movable in a localized manner in upwards and downwards directions along the length of said at least one platform section;
- an endless belt having a leading edge;
- a plurality of skid shoes, each said skid shoe extending rearwardly from said cutterbar assembly and having an upper surface with a continuous uninterrupted contour defining a belt support for said leading edge of said endless belt wherein each said skid shoe has a hollow cavity in an area adjacent said belt support;
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- a plurality of skid plates, each said skid plate being detachably connected to a lower surface of a respective said skid shoe wherein each said skid plate has at least one reinforcing rib extending into said hollow cavity and terminating adjacent said lower surface of said skid shoe.
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An agricultural harvesting machine, comprising:
- a base unit including a feeder housing;
- and
- a cutting platform attached to said feeder housing, said cutting platform including at least one platform section, each said platform section having:
- a cutterbar assembly movable in a localized manner in upwards and downwards directions along the length of said at least one platform section;
- an endless belt having a leading edge;
- a plurality of skid shoes, each said skid shoe extending rearwardly from said cutterbar assembly and having an upper surface with a continuous uninterrupted contour defining a belt support for said leading edge of said endless belt;
- and,
- a plurality of skid plates, each said skid plate being detachably connected to a lower surface of a respective said skid shoe wherein each said skid shoe is a bent metal skid shoe with a hollow cavity in an area adjacent said belt support, and each said skid plate has at least one reinforcing rib extending into said hollow cavity and terminating adjacent a lower side of said skid shoe.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.