Draper assembly with rollers and draper belt support pannels for flexible draper header
US7971419B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 17, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jul 5, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 17, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01D57/20
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A harvesting machine includes a harvesting header with a header frame, a flexible cutterbar assembly attached to the header frame along the length thereof and configured to cut a crop, and a flexible draper assembly positioned behind the cutterbar assembly to permit the draper assembly to flex with the cutterbar assembly and operable to receive severed crop material from the cutterbar assembly. The draper assembly includes fore-and-aft extending rollers, fore-and-aft extending arms disposed between the rollers, and an endless flexible belt entrained around the rollers, with the arms being disposed within the belt. The draper assembly further includes support panels on the arms to support the belt.
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