Deere & Company

Snehalrao Jadhav

Bradley K Yanke

Aniruddha Patankar

Duane M Bomleny

Glenn Everett Pope

Aaron Scott Ritter

Klaus Ernst Becker

A header for an agricultural work vehicle including a feeder house is provided, with the header operable to move crop material in a forward feed direction during a crop processing operation and in a reverse feed direction during a declogging operation. The header includes a frame configured to be coupled to the feeder house, a pickup belt assembly coupled to the frame and including a movable pickup belt configured to convey crop material, a transfer belt assembly coupled to the frame and including a movable transfer belt arranged to convey crop material from the pickup belt assembly to the feeder house in the forward feed direction, an actuator coupled to the frame that pivots the pickup belt assembly relative to the frame, and a discharge zone through which crop material is conveyed in the reverse feed direction during the declogging operation.

Harvesting machine belt pickup header with movable pickup belt assembly

Pickup belt headers may include a ramp disposed in a gap formed between a first endless belt of a pickup belt assembly and a second endless belt of a transfer belt assembly. Fingers may be provided on the first endless belt, and the fingers may be deflected, such as by pivoting or bending, in response to engagement between the fingers and the ramp to avoid contact between the fingers and the second endless belt.

Pickup belt header finger guide ramp

A feed beater () for a single-rotor, axial-flow combine () that comprises a cylinder () having a first end portion and a second end portion; first blades () fixed to the first end portion of the cylinder () and disposed at a first angle (alpha) with respect to a rotational axis () of the cylinder (); second blades () fixed to the second end portion of the cylinder () and disposed at a second angle (beta) with respect to the rotational axis () of the cylinder (); the first blades () spiral in a first direction over a first longitudinal extent of the cylinder (); and the second blades () spiral in a second direction over a second longitudinal extent of the cylinder (), wherein the second direction is opposite to the first direction, and further wherein the first longitudinal extent is greater than the second longitudinal extent.

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Satara, India

Snehalrao Jadhav