US 12,453,312 B2
Agricultural header with inter-belt crop divider
Derek J. Franke, Davenport, IA (US); Matthew R. White, Geneseo, IL (US); Kelli L. Martin, Morton, IL (US); and Nicholas J. Keener, Geneseo, IL (US)
Assigned to Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US)
Filed by DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/550,142.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/211,255, filed on Jun. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0400615 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. A01D 61/02 (2006.01); A01D 34/04 (2006.01); A01D 34/14 (2006.01); A01D 41/14 (2006.01); A01D 57/20 (2006.01); A01D 61/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01D 61/02 (2013.01) [A01D 57/20 (2013.01); A01D 61/002 (2013.01); A01D 61/008 (2013.01); A01D 34/04 (2013.01); A01D 34/14 (2013.01); A01D 41/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An agricultural header for use with an agricultural harvester, the agricultural header operable in a forward direction of travel to harvest crop material, the agricultural header comprising:
a first side draper belt and a second side draper belt,
a first center draper belt and a second center draper belt, the first and second center draper belts positioned laterally between the first and second side draper belts which extend laterally outwardly in opposite directions away from the first and second center draper belts, each of the first and second side draper belts arranged to feed crop material laterally inwardly, each of the first and second center draper belts arranged to feed crop material rearwardly for processing by the agricultural harvester, and
a crop divider positioned laterally between the first and second center draper belts to separate crop material fed laterally inwardly from the first and second side draper belts respectively to the first and second center draper belts, the crop divider comprising shingling and an upright panel configured to block a flow of crop material between the first and second center draper belts, the shingling overlapping the first and second center draper belts thereabove, the upright panel extending in a fore-aft dimension of the agricultural header, the panel being vertically upright and rising vertically above the first and second center draper belts and the shingling.