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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2019
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Matthew R. White, Geneseo, IL (US);
Daniel S. Hoffman, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Corwin M. Puryk, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Justin C. Freehill, Fenton, IL (US);
Shreyas Modak, Thane, IN;
Bryan R. Yanke, Eldridge, IA (US);
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
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.