ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,037, issued on March 24, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).
"Draper drum floor vanes" was invented by Derek J. Franke (Monroeville, Ind.), Michael T. Meschke (Eldridge, Iowa) and Nicholas J. Keener (Geneseo, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable divider system that is adapted to assist in distributing a crop material being discharged from a draper header to a feederhouse. The adjustable divider system can include a plurality of dividers positioned adjacent to an upper side of a drum floor and at least one actuator coupled to the plurality of dividers. A controller can be coupled to the at least one actuator and ...