Patent ID: 8484939

Claim:
A crop header arranged for cutting and transporting a standing crop comprising: a header frame; an elongate metal cutter bar arranged along a front edge of the frame; a draper assembly mounted on the header frame rearwardly of the cutter bar such that cut crop falls onto the draper assembly for transportation longitudinally of the header; the draper assembly including a first and a second draper guide roller each arranged at a respective end of the draper assembly spaced apart along the cutter bar with an axis of each guide roller arranged substantially at right angles to the cutter bar; the draper assembly including a continuous loop of flexible material arranged to be wrapped around the rollers so as to define an upper run of the flexible material on top of the rollers and a lower run of the flexible material below the rollers; wherein the flexible material includes a front edge of the upper run of the flexible material arranged at a position adjacent to but spaced from the cutter bar; the elongate metal cutter bar including an upper metal wall extending rearwardly to a position adjacent to and spaced forwardly of the front edge of the flexible material and a depending rear metal wall extending downwardly from the upper wall between the upper wall and the front edge to a height below the front edge; and a plastics sealing member separate from and attached to the cutter bar so as to extend along the cutter bar; the sealing member comprising a first portion attached to the cutter bar and a second flexible blade portion which extends rearwardly from the first portion at the cutter bar to lie over and in contact with a front edge portion of the upper run of the flexible material adjacent the front edge; wherein the sealing member including the first portion and the second flexible blade portion is an integral plastics extrusion; wherein the first portion of the sealing member includes an upper leg lying along and in contact with the upper wall of the cutter bar and a depending leg extending downwardly from the upper leg along and in contact with the depending wall of the cutter bar at a position between the upper wall and the front edge of the flexible material to a height below the front edge; and wherein the second flexible blade portion is connected to the first portion at or adjacent a junction between the upper leg and the depending leg.