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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2022
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Derek J. Franke, Monroeville, IN (US);
Michael T. Meschke, Eldridge, IA (US);
Nicholas J. Keener, Geneseo, IL (US);
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
An adjustable divider system that is adapted to assist in distributing a crop material being discharged from a draper header to a feederhouse. The adjustable divider system can include a plurality of dividers positioned adjacent to an upper side of a drum floor and at least one actuator coupled to the plurality of dividers. A controller can be coupled to the at least one actuator and adapted to selectively operate the at least one actuator. Additionally, at least one sensor can be adapted to provide information to the controller indicative of a distribution of the crop material that can be used by the controller in connection with generating a signal to selectively operate the at least one actuator. Further, one or more of the plurality of dividers can be pivotally displaceable about the drum floor in response to the selective operation of the at least one actuator.