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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
May. 25, 2022
Cnh Industrial America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);
Jeffrey Trowbridge, Stevens, PA (US);
CNH Industrial America LLC, , DE;
Abstract
A system and method for capturing grain on a header of an agricultural vehicle either before, during or after raising the header in a headland sequence. The header includes (i) a cutter bar, (ii) either an auger or belt positioned adjacent the cutter bar, (iii) a reel positioned at an elevation above the cutter bar, and (iv) a device that is configured to adjust a gap between the reel and the cutter bar. During a harvest mode, the gap is set to a first distance, and, during the headland sequence, the gap is set to a second distance that is less than the first distance. At the second distance, tines on the reel are positioned to sweep crop off the cutter bar toward either the belt or the auger.