Abstract: The invention comprises a roller deflection apparatus. One of each apparatus is mounted to each part of the dividers of a header. Each apparatus has a main plate attachment which is attached to the underside of each point of the dividers of the header. A slidable elongated rod is slidably mounted in said main plate and extends forward in length. The main plate has a spring urging said rod to a central forward position and a roller is rotatably mounted to a forward lateral upwardly bent end of the rod to rotate about a horizontal axis and projects upward in front of the points of the dividers. The rod is slidable rearwardly. The rod is not pivotable to either side of its central forward position but is pivotable to either side in a progressively wider diverging path as said rod is slid rearward from its central forward position, with said spring urging said rod back to its central forward positions.