A crop feeding apparatus having a roller through which the fingers are extended and retracted, has fingers that are formed with tubular finger bodies extending between an inner end configured to be mounted on a finger drive arrangement of the crop feeding apparatus and an outer end of the finger body configured to protrude from the outer peripheral wall of the roller. A breakaway region is formed in the finger body by diametrically opposed slots which are circumferentially elongated to define a shear plane perpendicular to the long axis of the finger body. A slot axis extending between opposing ends of each slot is parallel to the axis of the crop feeding apparatus. The finger body is also hardened by heat treating, and by applying a wear resistant coating over the heat treated body.

A conveyor feeder assembly is provided herein, wherein the assembly may include a house chain slat having a brush assembly that provides sufficient grasp without having a damaging effect upon the crops, wherein the crop throughput is improved while reducing damage to the crop. In a combine for harvesting a crop bearing grain, a mechanism for conveying grain from a harvesting platform to a separator mechanism may include a plurality of slats secured to continuous conveyor chains coupled around a traverse drum and a sprocket drive means. Each slat may include the brush assembly, which may comprise at least one row of flexible members coupled to a brush base. The flexible members may be arranged in tufts and received in stepped openings through the brush base. The flexible members may include at least one row of straight or curved brush bristles; or at least one row of curved elongated fingers.

A combine including a conveyor feeder assembly is provided herein, wherein the assembly may include a house chain slat made of non-metal material and/or having a brush assembly that provides sufficient grasp without damaging the crop. Ultimately, the design of the combine improves crop throughput, while reducing damage to the crop. Within the combine for harvesting crop, the conveyor that carries crop from a harvesting platform to a secondary feeding mechanism may include a plurality of slats secured to continuous conveyor chains coupled around a traverse drum and a sprocket drive means. Each slat may include the brush assembly, which may comprise at least one row of finger members selected from a group consisting of rigid, semi-rigid, and flexible materials. These members may include cylindrical, flat, and/or elongated fingers. The finger members may also include straight/curved bristles arranged in tufts and received in stepped openings through a brush base.

An agricultural harvester row unit has side-by-side stalk rolls oriented to receive crop stalks. Each of the stalk rolls have a forward section with an annular base tapered towards the forward end and spiral auger flights that overlap one another and cooperate with adjacent bases to positively move crop stalks in an aft direction.

The invention relates to a self-propelled harvesting machine comprising: a removable harvesting unit (6) which can be mounted at the front in the direction of travel (F); a processing unit in the interior; and a harvested material conveyor channel (5) connecting said harvesting unit, when mounted, to the processing unit. According to the invention, the self-propelled harvesting machine is characterized in that a receiving space which at least partially receives said conveyor channel when in the harvesting mode can have its width adjusted transversely to the direction of travel.

A feederhouse for an agricultural vehicle includes a frame including opposing side walls, openings disposed in each of the side walls, and an assembled driveshaft including a shaft and a plurality of sprockets that are rotationally fixed to the shaft. The assembled driveshaft is positioned within an interior region of the frame. At least one opening of said openings is sized such that the driveshaft can pass in a transverse direction through the at least one opening.

The feeder device located at the centre section of a front of a harvester. The feeder device comprises one or more flights configured for improving operation of the feeder device. The feeder device comprises a shaft including a plurality of flights. They extend substantially along the entire length of the shaft and are arranged in a spaced apart relationship with respect to each other. In this manner, a threaded-like formation defined by the spaced apart arrangement of flights extends substantially along the entire length of the shaft of the feeder device.

A system and related method of applying forage treatment material to harvested forage is provided. The system can include a mobile forage harvester having a chute, a vacuum source that produces a vacuum, and a bin that stores granular treatment material for dispensation. The chute can be joined with a catch tube having a catch opening. A tube can extend from the bin toward the catch tube, but can be separated from the catch opening by an open gap. The material can be dispensed from the tube into the open gap, and drawn across the open gap and into the catch opening with the vacuum so the material mixes with the harvested forage moving along the pathway in the chute under force of the vacuum. The bin, tubes and the open gap can be located in an interior compartment to protect them from the elements. A related method is provided.

A roller support for draper belt supporting rollers of a harvester header may include a base, a first post extending from the base in a direction to support a first roller, a second post extending from the base in the direction to support a second roller, an arm extending from the base in the direction between the first post and the second post and a wear structure supported by and immovable relative to the arm. The wear structure may have a wear surface facing downwardly.

An agricultural harvesting head having an elongate frame, a rear wall, side conveyors and a center conveyor. The side conveyor having an endless belt conveyor with an endless recirculating belt supported on an idler roller and a drive roller. The side conveyor is driven by an endless drive belt nested within the endless recirculating belt.