COMBINE HEADER FOR STRIPPING SEEDS

摘要

A combine header comprising a header table with a knife extending along the front lower edge thereof. Seed pans are evenly spaced and extend forward from the front lower edge of the header table and slot is formed between them. At a middle portion of each slot a stripping plate slopes upward, outward, and rearward from a middle first point on a first one of the sidewalls forming the slot to an upper stripping edge of the stripping plate. The upper stripping edge is located above a top rear edge of a second one of the sidewalls forming the slot and aligned with same such that a vertically oriented stripping gap is formed between the upper stripping edge of the stripping plate and the top rear edge of the second one of the sidewalls. A rotating reel moves material from the seed pans rearward onto the header table.

主权项

1. A combine header apparatus comprising:
a header table adapted for attachment to a combine; a knife assembly comprising a knife extending along a front lower edge of the header table; a plurality of seed pans attached to the header table and extending forward from the front lower edge of the header table, each seed pan having a pointed front end and right and left sidewalls extending upward from edges of a floor of the seed pan; wherein the seed pans are substantially evenly spaced along a length of the header table, and a slot is formed between substantially parallel sidewalls of adjacent seed pans; wherein at a middle portion of each slot a stripping plate slopes upward, outward, and rearward from a middle first point on a first one of the sidewalls forming the slot to an upper stripping edge of the stripping plate; wherein the upper stripping edge is located above a top rear edge of a second one of the sidewalls forming the slot and substantially aligned with same such that a vertically oriented stripping gap is formed between the upper stripping edge of the stripping plate and the top rear edge of the second one of the sidewalls; and a rotating reel configured to move material from rear portions of the floor of each seed pan rearward onto the header table.