Belt drive for driving the header of a combine harvester

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11497166
APP PUB NO 20220312676A1
SERIAL NO

17710339

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A combine includes a feeder housing that include a movable cradle frame at the front, configured to receive a header, so that a controlled movement of the cradle frame may be imparted to the header during a harvesting run. The combine further includes a driveline for driving moving components of the combine header. The driveline includes a belt drive mounted laterally with respect to the feeder housing. The belt drive is configured to transfer a rotation of a first drive axle that is part of the driveline, to a rotation of a second axle to which a drive axle of the header can be coupled. The belt drive includes two pulleys which are maintained in a common plane regardless of movement of the header relative to the feeder housing. The pulleys are rotatably mounted in a longitudinally extendable bridge structure, and are coupled to the first and second axles.

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BLUE LEAF I P INC1100 N MARKET STREET 4TH FLOOR SUITE 4010 WILMINGTON DE 19890

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Jongmans, Dré W J Klundert, NL 24 88
Missotten, Bart M A Herent, BE 105 848
Reubens, Sam Sint-Michiels, BE 19 20
Tallir, Frederik Esen, BE 45 255
Van, Overschelde Pieter Sint-Andries, BE 24 52

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