Patent ID: 7470180

Claim:
A combine feeder adapter for use in a combine header to feed cut crop rearwardly of the combine header and into an intake defined by a frame of an intake feeder of a combine, the combine header including a transverse conveyor system for transferring the cut crop from behind the length of a sickle bar of said header to said combine feeder adapter; said combine feeder adapter comprising: a framework having a foremost portion for positioning behind said sickle bar of the combine header, and a rear portion for attachment to said frame of said intake feeder of said combine, conveyor means for receiving the cut crop directly from said transverse conveyor system of said combine header and delivering said cut crop rearwardly into said intake feeder, said conveyor means having a forward end positioned a distance behind the foremost portion of said framework so as to define a space between said foremost portion of said framework and said forward end of said conveyor means, a rock trap including a door located at least partially in said space and behind said foremost portion of said framework, said door normally being positioned in a closed position to form a bottom of said rock trap, said door being selectively movable from the normal closed position to an open position for dropping rocks and other debris accumulated in said rock trap beneath said combine header.