Deflector and guide means for an endless pick-up conveyor

Claim 1

IN A WINDROW PICKUP FOR COMBINES COMPRISING AN INCLINED PICKUP CONVEYER SURFACE WHICH IS CONTINUALLY SWEPT BY A PLURALITY OF ROWS OF ALIGNED PULL BARS PROJECTING FROM SLOTS LONGITUDINALLY DISPOSED IN SAID SURFACE, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES IN COMBINATION: A GABLE DISPOSED BETWEEN EACH OF SAID SLOTS, SAID GABLE HAVING INCLINED SURFACES SLOPING TOWARD EACH ADJACENT SLOT, SAID SURFACES SERVING TO DIVERT FOREIGN MATTER MOVING THEREOVER TOWARD SAID SLOTS FOR DISCHARGE THERETHROUGH; AT LEAST ONE DEFLECTOR TRANSVERSELY MOUNTED ONEACH SURFACE OF SAID GABLE BETWEEN SAID SLOTS, SAID DEFLECTOR HAVING DOWNWARD AND AN UPWARD DEFLECTING FACE THERETO, SAID DOWNWARD FACE BEING UPWARDLY SLOPING AND DISPOSED AT AN ACUTE ANGLE WITH RESPECT TO SAID GABLE SURFACE IN A LONGITUDINAL PLANE NORMAL TO SAID GABLE SURFACE TO PROVIDE UNIMPEDED FLOW OF THE PICKED UP CROPS THEREOVER, SAID SUPWARD DEFLECTING FACE BEING DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLYNORMAL TO SAID GABLE SURFACE IN A LONGITUDINAL PLANE NORMAL TO SAID GABLE SURFACE AND SLOPING TRANSVERSELY DOWNWARD FROM THE LONGITUDINAL CENTERLINE OF SAID GABLE TOWARD SAID SLOTS, WHEREBY THE SURFACES OF SAID GABLES AND SAID UPWARD DEFLECTING FACE IN COMBINATION DIVERT LOOSE HARVESTED FRUIT MOVING CONTRARY TO THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF THE PICKED UP CROPS TOWARD SAID SLOTS FOR ENGAGEMENT BY SAID PULL BARS.