Deere + Company

Justin C Freehill

Corwin Marcus Puryk

Bryan Ray Yanke

Daniel Stephen Hoffman

Duane M Bomleny

Benjamin J Schlesser

Shreyas P Modak

Matthew R White

Bruce Alan Coers

Ryan Patrick Mackin

Joshua R Pierson

Mark Leonard Pearson

Douglas G Temple

Shane Marty Anderson

Dennis M Roe

Cristiano Engelmann

Jody I Eyestone

Balaji Parthasarathy

Jared R Suster

Sumit Kumar

Eric Hans Pierre Pellegrini

Lawrence F Kane

Anthony J Knepper

A harvesting machine includes a cutter head having a cutter bar for cutting crop from a ground surface and a rotatable reel located above the cutter bar. Reel arms of the reel each include a plurality of fingers thereon to engage the crop. The cutter head also has an actuator configured to adjust a pitch of the fingers with respect to the reel arms. A controller is operably connected with the cutter head and is configured to receive an input on a cutter head posture relative to the ground surface, with the input on the posture of the cutter head including one or more of a height of the cutter head or an angle of the cutter head relative to the ground surface. The controller operates the actuator to automatically control the pitch of the plurality of fingers based on the received input on the posture of the cutter head.

Harvesting machine cutter head with automated posture-based reel finger pitch adjustment

A harvesting assembly for harvesting a crop includes a frame, a cutting knife configured to cut crop, a feed drum, a draper assembly, a first auger assembly, and a second auger assembly. The draper assembly and the auger assemblies are configured to move the cut crop toward the feed drum. The auger assemblies each include a first auger, a second auger, and a mounting unit coupled to the frame and coupled between the first auger and the second auger to support the first auger and the second auger during rotation of the augers.

Combine header with split augers and method of using the same

A harvesting head for a collection machine that harvests material. The head includes conveyor belts to transport material towards the collection machine, and blower heads to help prevent material from falling off the conveyor belts. The conveyor belts can include a feed belt that feeds material towards the collection machine, and a side belt that carries material towards the feed belt. Blower heads can blow across the side belt and towards the center of the feed belt. Blower heads can be located below the side belt. Blower heads can be located near the front of the feed belt and blow towards the collection machine. A feed drum can move material towards the collection machine, and blower heads can blow across the feed drum and towards the feed belt or collection machine. Blower heads can be movable, or have adjustable flow rate, velocity, direction or spread.

Grain loss prevention system using air blowers

Example draper heads may include an endless belt conveyor and a catch pan disposed adjacent to the endless belt conveyor to collect crop material and defining a uniform gap formed between at least a portion of the catch pan and a portion of an endless belt of the endless belt conveyor located adjacent to the catch pan. A cleat formed on the endless belt cooperates with the catch pan to transport the collected crop material onto the endless belt. The catch pan may include a contoured end that conforms to a shape formed by the endless belt at an end of the endless belt conveyor.

Loss catch and recirculation system for draper head

Harvesting machines and agricultural harvesting heads for harvesting machines are disclosed herein. A harvesting machine includes a frame, an elongate reciprocating knife, a conveyor system, a drum conveyor, and a crop deflector. The elongate reciprocating knife is coupled to a forward edge of the frame and configured to cut crop material adjacent to the ground. The conveyor system is supported by the frame and configured to carry cut crop material toward a central portion of the frame and rearward therefrom. The drum conveyor is located directly behind at least a portion of the conveyor system, and the drum conveyor includes an elongate cylindrical drum supported for rotation on the frame about a drum axis and a plurality of elongate fingers that at least partially extend through an outer wall of the cylindrical drum.

Crop deflector for a harvesting head

An integrated fan and axle arrangement for an agricultural machine having a an impeller may include a front axle assembly and a fan housing. The front axle assembly supports one or more front wheels of the agricultural vehicle. The impeller rotates within the fan housing to provide an air flow within the agricultural vehicle. A laterally extending portion of the fan housing may form part of the front axle assembly, such that the laterally extending portion of the fan housing may provide structural rigidity to the front axle assembly for the support of the one or more front wheels.

Integrated fan and axle arrangement for an agricultural vehicle

A conveyor assembly () includes a first frame () supporting a first conveyor () for feeding material in a first conveying direction. The conveyor assembly () also includes a second frame () supporting a second conveyor () for feeding material in a second conveying direction parallel to the first conveying direction. The second frame () is movable with respect to the first frame () along the second conveying direction between a retracted position and an extended position. A side shield () is connected to a side of the second frame () and shields the second conveyor () laterally. An elongate, flexible seal () is mounted to the side shield (), the flexible seal () bridging a gap between the side shield () and the second frame ().

Extendable conveyor assembly with the seal

A chopper for an agricultural combine has blades with an overload release mechanism that permits them to pivot out of the way when the chopper is obstructed and experiences an overload condition.

Combine chopper with overload protection

A knife blade for a chopper rotor is made in at least two members that are coupled together by a web disposed at the bottom of the slot, wherein the slot is configured to receive and pass therethrough a stationary blade that extends perpendicular to the rotational axis of the chopper rotor, the knife blade having a second edge with co-linear portions on each of the at least 2 members, wherein the co-linear portions are disposed generally at a right angle to the slot, and wherein the co-linear portions are configured to cut against a longitudinally extending knife blade () that extends generally parallel to the rotational axis of the chopper rotor.

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Fenton, IL, United States of America

Justin C Freehill