Caterpillar Inc.

Claas Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen Gmbh

Berthold Hamphoff

Udo Beschorn

Andreas Wielenberg

Christian Füchtling

Burkhard Sagemüller

Thomas Hinz

Mathieu Köhler

Staurt Mackay

Andreas Dicks

Balazs Tillman

Balazs Tillmann

A combine harvester includes a belt cutting unit comprising a center belt for conveying harvest to an intake roller and/or to an intake channel of a grain conveyor, and a transverse conveyor belt disposed each on the left-hand side and the right-hand side of the center belt, to convey harvest to the center belt. The center belt, left-hand and right-hand transverse conveyor belts are behind a cutter bar, seen in the direction of travel, with each being operated with an individual belt speed. The combine harvester and/or belt cutting unit has a control unit configured to automatically control the belt speeds of the left-hand and right-hand transverse conveyor belts as a function of a forward travel speed, and the belt speeds of the center belt as a function of the forward travel speed or as a function of the belt speeds of the left-hand and right-hand transverse conveyor belts.

Combine harvester including belt cutting unit and control unit

A drive system for a 'Caterpillar' vehicle has at least one elastic belt track which is driven by a drive gear in accordance with the principle of a frictional connection, and a further gear which is supported coaxially to the drive gear so that the drive force can be transferred to the coaxially supported gear and it is engaged with the belt track through toothed elements.

Drive system for 'caterpillar' vehicle

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Beelen, Germany

Berthold Hamphoff