Abstract: A reel (108) for an agricultural harvesting head (104) has thrust bearings at the ends of its bat supports (128) that counteract sagging of the reel under the force of gravity.

Abstract: A finger (118) for mounting on a of an agricultural harvesting head has a front flange (212), a rear flange (214), a web (216) connecting the front flange (212) to the rear flange (214), and struts (218) that are formed integral with the web (216) and with the rear flange (214) and that extend in a transverse direction.

Abstract: A crop ramp (112) for an agricultural harvesting head (100) has a forward portion (212) that is generally planar and has a leading edge (200) that is configured to be fixed the rear of a reciprocating knife (110) and ahead of a leading edge (202) of a conveyor belt of the conveyor (104, 106); and a rear portion (214) that is generally planar and that is fixed to and extends rearward from the forward portion (212), wherein the rear portion (214) is configured to extend over the leading edge (202) of an endless belt of the conveyor (104, 106), where the rear portion (214) has a lower surface (216) that is generally planar and is parallel to an upper surface of the endless belt of the conveyor (104, 106) and has a trailing edge (204), where at least one recess (218) extends into the lower surface (216), where a first end of the recess is upstream of the second end of the recess (218) and wherein the first end of the recess is farther from the trailing edge (204) than the second end.

Abstract: A height sensor (100) for an agricultural harvesting head comprises a sensor element (104); and a sensor arm (110), the sensor arm comprising a plurality of shaft elements (118, 120, 122), and each of the plurality of shaft elements (118, 120, 122) is pivotally coupled to an adjacent one of the shaft elements (118, 120, 122), and wherein the plurality of shaft elements (118, 120, 122) are held in a predefined operating position by a cable (312), and further wherein the cable (312) extends through the plurality of shaft elements (118).

Abstract: A header height sensor arrangement (100) configured to be fixed to an agricultural harvesting head (108) comprises a four bar linkage comprising four bars (110, 112, 118, 124) and a sensing element (106), wherein the sensing element (106) is disposed to sense relative movement of at least one bar of the four bar linkage with respect to another bar of the four bar linkage.

Abstract: A finger (100) for a bat (116) of a reel of an agricultural harvesting head, wherein the finger (100) includes an alignment pin (122) that is configured to be received in a mating aperture (124) of the bat (116), the finger comprising an upper clamp portion (104) with an alignment pin (122), and wherein the alignment pin (122) comprises a material having greater wear resistance or greater tensile strength than the upper clamp portion (104).

Abstract: A reel for an agricultural harvesting head has a rotating wheel that is pivotally coupled to a plurality of bat extension links and each of the bat extension links is pivotally coupled to a corresponding bat.

Abstract: A crop ramp (112) for an agricultural harvesting head (100) has a forward portion (212) that is generally planar and has a leading edge (200) that is configured to be fixed the rear of a reciprocating knife (110) and ahead of a leading edge (202) of a conveyor belt of the conveyor (104, 106); and a rear portion (214) that is generally planar and that is fixed to and extends rearward from the forward portion (212), wherein the rear portion (214) is configured to extend over the leading edge (202) of an endless belt of the conveyor (104, 106), where the rear portion (214) has a lower surface (216) that is generally planar and is parallel to an upper surface of the endless belt of the conveyor (104, 106) and has a trailing edge (204), where at least one recess (218) extends into the lower surface (216), where a first end of the recess is upstream of the second end of the recess (218) and wherein the first end of the recess is farther from the trailing edge (204) than the second end.

Abstract: A reel (108) for an agricultural harvesting head (104) has thrust bearings at the ends of its bat supports (128) that counteract sagging of the reel under the force of gravity.

Abstract: A finger (118) for mounting on a of an agricultural harvesting head has a front flange (212), a rear flange (214), a web (216) connecting the front flange (212) to the rear flange (214), and struts (218) that are formed integral with the web (216) and with the rear flange (214) and that extend in a transverse direction.

Abstract: A reel for an agricultural harvesting head has a rotating wheel that is pivotally coupled to a plurality of bat extension links and each of the bat extension links is pivotally coupled to a corresponding bat.