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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2019
Applicant:
Cnh Industrial America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);
Inventors:
Herbert M. Farley, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Joseph Neil Oberlander, Durant, IA (US);
Dan Lawrence Garland, Solon, IA (US);
Mark D. Dilts, New Holland, PA (US);
Assignee:
CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 61/00 (2006.01); A01D 41/06 (2006.01); A01D 61/02 (2006.01); A01D 45/02 (2006.01); A01D 41/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 61/004 (2013.01); A01D 41/06 (2013.01); A01D 41/12 (2013.01); A01D 45/021 (2013.01); A01D 61/008 (2013.01); A01D 61/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A header includes a belt conveyor configured to direct a movement of harvested crop material toward a feederhouse of the combine harvester. The belt conveyor is located adjacent an inlet of the feederhouse. The belt conveyor includes at least one protrusion extending radially from the belt conveyor that helps direct movement of harvested crop material toward the feederhouse.