Patent ID: 8527157

Claim:
An agricultural combine with draper header comprising: an agricultural vehicle having a chassis supported on wheels to drive the chassis over the ground, the agricultural vehicle further having a feederhouse extending from a forward and thereof said feederhouse having an internal conveyor, and being configured to support a draper header thereon; and a draper header configured to be supported on the feederhouse and extending to the left and right of the feederhouse, the draper header further comprising, an elongate and laterally extending frame, said frame having a left side portion, a right side portion, and a central portion disposed to be supported on the feederhouse, a left conveyor disposed on the left side portion of the frame and comprising a first endless conveyor belt supported at least on a first idler roller and a first drive roller, wherein a first hydraulic drive motor is drivingly coupled to the drive roller to drive the first endless conveyor belt in a direction to convey cut crop material inward directionally toward a laterally central region of the draper header, said left conveyor extending from a leftmost end of the draper header to the a central region thereof, and a right conveyor disposed on the right side portion of the frame and comprising a second endless conveyor belt supported at least on a second idler roller and a second drive roller, wherein a second hydraulic drive motor is drivingly coupled to the drive roller to drive the second endless conveyor belt in a direction to convey cut crop material inward directionally toward a laterally central region of the draper header, said left conveyor extending from a leftmost end of the draper header to the a central region thereof, and a reciprocating knife having a left section extending in front of the left conveyor and a right section extending in front of the right conveyor; and a microprocessor-based controller configured to receive signals indicative of the overloading or slipping of a first one of the left and right conveyors and responsive to said signals to perform predetermined actions including at least shutting down the drive motor of said one conveyor when said one conveyor is overloaded or slips, wherein the agricultural harvester further comprises a visual display coupled to the microprocessor-based controller, and wherein the predetermined actions further include displaying a textual or graphical representation of belt slippage on the visual display.