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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2013
Applicant:
Cnh America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);
Inventor:
Ryan Gahres, Richland, PA (US);
Assignee:
CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 57/00 (2006.01); A01D 57/20 (2006.01); A01D 34/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 57/20 (2013.01); A01D 34/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
Improved headers of a combine harvester are disclosed. The headers include structure in the form of upper and lower infeed conveyors which cooperate to maintain compressive contact with a flow of crop material that is being conveyed by the belts to the header outlet regardless of the flow characteristics of the mat of material being conveyed. The result is a consistent flow of crop material being passed through the header which results in more efficient harvester operation and more productive crop yield.