Deere + Company

Shane Marty Anderson

Bruce Alan Coers

Ryan Patrick Mackin

Daniel James Burke

David John Rix

Duane M Bomleny

Benjamin M Lovett

Corwin Marcus Puryk

Glenn Everett Pope

Bryan Ray Yanke

Joshua R Pierson

Steve A Coon

Justin C Freehill

Douglas G Temple

Matthew R White

Anthony J Washburn

Eric Allan Risius

Eric Alln Risius

An agricultural header for use with an agricultural harvester is configured to cut crop when the agricultural harvester moves in a direction of travel. The agricultural header comprises a first frame, a side draper belt supported by the first frame and positioned to receive cut crop and advance cut crop laterally relative to the direction of travel, a second frame, a center draper belt supported by the second frame and positioned in register with the side draper belt to receive cut crop laterally therefrom and advance cut crop rearwardly toward the agricultural harvester opposite to the direction of travel, and a joint interconnecting the first frame and the second frame and enabling relative fore-aft and lateral translation between the first frame and the second frame.

Agricultural header with flexible joint

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 draper header has a transverse main frame supporting center, left side and right side belt conveyors and including a plurality of transversely spaced knife support members that extend forwardly beneath the belt conveyors from right and left lower rear main frame members and have forward ends on which a transversely extending knife is supported. Each belt conveyor includes a frame disposed within an endless belt and having a rear side hinged to a respective lower rear main frame member for pivoting upwardly between operating and belt-changing positions. Brackets are removably fixed across the length of the knife and have rear edges extending above front edges of the belts when the conveyors are in their operating positions. At least one height adjuster is mounted between the main frame and each conveyor frame for moving each conveyor to its belt-changing position once the associated brackets are removed from the knife.

Draper header with pivoting side draper conveyors

An extendible axle member (or) is provided for a pivoting axle of an agricultural harvester (), the extendible axle member (or) having an elongate telescopic portion () with bearing surfaces for being slidably received in an outer axle member (or), wherein the elongate telescopic portion () is formed integral with and abuts a C-frame for supporting a steering knuckle (or).

Bearing arrangement for a telescopic axle

A header () for an agricultural combine () comprises a laterally extending frame () supporting a laterally extending cutter bar () and left and right lateral belt conveyors () supported on the frame (). Each of the belt conveyors () has a feeding direction from an outer side end towards a center of the header (). Rotationally drivable left and right crop compression rollers () are supported on the frame () above the left and right lateral belt conveyors (). The crop compression rollers () extend substantially over the length of the left and right lateral belt conveyors () and have a smooth cylindrical surface.

Combine header with crop compression rollers

An unloader for an agricultural harvester includes a telescopic belted conveyor that can be extended to opposite sides of the harvester. The conveyor can be operated at any selected elevation between a minimum elevation and a maximum elevation and at any extended length between a minimum extended length and a maximum extended length for the conveyor.

Dual sided belted unloader

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