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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2024
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Jeffrey S. Wigdahl, Ames, IA (US);
Ryan A. Hackert, Polk City, IA (US);
Jeffrey R. Fox, Minburn, IA (US);
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A nip system is provided for use with an associated wrap floor assembly that is movable between lowered and raised positions relative to a chassis supporting a module builder of an associated harvester. Wrap frame roller members are connected with a frame structure of the associated wrap floor assembly, wherein the wrap frame roller members are movable together with the associated wrap floor assembly between the lowered and raised positions relative to the chassis of the associated harvester. Chassis roller members are provided that are biased relative to the chassis of the associated harvester towards the associated wrap floor assembly. A method of retrofitting a nip system provides a persistent nonhomogeneous nip system in an associated wrap floor assembly that is movable between lowered and raised positions relative to a chassis supporting a module builder of an associated harvester.