Patent classifications
A01D41/1235
COMBINE INCLUDING FEEDER HOUSE DRUM HAVING A SWEEP ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF HARVESTING
A harvesting combine having a feeder house drum assembly is provided herein, wherein the feeder house drum may include a sweep assembly that provides sufficient grasp upon the crops without having a damaging effect, wherein the crop throughput is improved while reducing damage to the crop. Coupling to receive the crop bearing grain from a conveyor, the sweep assembly may comprise either a panel or brush assembly coupled to a respective one of a plurality of paddle anchors that couple to the feeder house drum. In particular, each brush assembly may include at least one row of finger members coupled to a brush base, wherein the finger members may be arranged in tufts and received in stepped openings through the brush base. The finger members may include at least one row of straight or curved brush bristles; or at least one row of curved elongated fingers.
Draper platform with reconfigurable central roller baffle
A draper platform for mounting on a feeder house of an agricultural combine may include a frame, a center belt conveyor to carry cut crop material rearwardly towards a center opening in the frame through which crop may be fed into a feeder house, a left side belt conveyor to carry cut crop material to the center belt conveyor, a right side belt conveyor to carry cut crop material to the center belt conveyor, at least one elongate reciprocating knife assembly extending along a front edge of each of the center belt conveyor, the left side belt conveyor and the right side belt conveyor, a conveyor drum above the center belt conveyor and a central roller baffle. The central roller baffle may include a rotatable support rotatably supported above the conveyor drum and a crop driver removably mounted to the rotatable support.
DRAPER PLATFORM WITH RECONFIGURABLE CENTRAL ROLLER BAFFLE
A draper platform for mounting on a feeder house of an agricultural combine may include a frame, a center belt conveyor to carry cut crop material rearwardly towards a center opening in the frame through which crop may be fed into a feeder house, a left side belt conveyor to carry cut crop material to the center belt conveyor, a right side belt conveyor to carry cut crop material to the center belt conveyor, at least one elongate reciprocating knife assembly extending along a front edge of each of the center belt conveyor, the left side belt conveyor and the right side belt conveyor, a conveyor drum above the center belt conveyor and a central roller baffle. The central roller baffle may include a rotatable support rotatably supported above the conveyor drum and a crop driver removably mounted to the rotatable support.