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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6616527 | Yield monitor for forage crops in forage machinery including an impeller Yield monitor apparatus and methods for a forage processing machinery are provided. The yield monitor measures a forage yield by variously measuring a forage impingement force, a forage volume flow, a forage volume increment accumulation, or a forage proc... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6591591 | Harvester speed control with header position input A system for harvester speed control includes a header position sensor connected to a processor. If the header is lowered during crop cutting, harvester speed is immediately decreased to prevent a sudden increase in material downstream of the feeder house... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6591145 | Systems and methods for autonomously controlling agricultural machinery Systems and methods for autonomously controlling agricultural machinery such as a grain combine. The operation components of a combine that function to harvest the grain have characteristics that are measured by sensors. For example, the combine speed, th... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6475081 | Throughput control for combines having a variable torque sensing drive An agricultural combine having a supporting structure that is driven by ground engaging wheels at a harvesting speed by a propulsion assembly. The combine is also provided with a threshing assembly that is driven by a variable torque sensing drive. The va... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6431981 | Yield monitor for forage crops Yield monitor apparatus and methods for a forage processing machinery are provided. The yield monitor measures a forage yield by variously measuring a forage impingement force, a forage volume flow, a forage volume increment accumulation, or a forage proc... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6394893 | Hydraulic-actuated blade adjuster A hydraulically-actuated blade actuator selectively actuating the shear blades associated with a rotary cutter for cutting the harvested crop into small pieces prior to the baling or collecting process in agricultural harvesting machines. The hydraulic cy... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6283853 | On-board device and method for continuous weighing of harvest and harvesting machines using same Device and method of on-board weighing of harvested materials on a harvesting machine having a path for the harvested material. The device includes first and second weighing devices disposed near each other on a common support and being connected to an el... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6272819 | Sugar cane yield monitor A yield monitor system for determining quantity of harvested sugar cane on a sugar cane harvesting vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle has a harvesting mechanism including a base cutter assembly for severing sugar cane from a field, a chopper assembly for c... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6213870 | Stall prevention system A rotating concave grain threshing system has a rotor positioned within a concave. The rotor and concave are each rotatable in different preselected speeds and directions through respective transmissions connected to a power source. Measurements are taken... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6150617 | Vehicle with weight sensing An agricultural vehicle is provided with means for continuously sensing the weight of an accumulated payload and a GPS navigation system (18). Weight and positional information, and optionally also sensed vehicle speed, are analysed in an analysis/display... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6053811 | Tailings monitor for an agricultural combine An apparatus for use in combination with a combine for sensing the volume of tailings exhausted from a cleaning section of the combine and for providing a visual indication to the operator of the effectiveness of combine operation. The combine includes a ... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6036597 | Combine harvester rotor load control The threshing cylinder or rotor of a combine harvester is driven by a rotor hydraulic motor. A rotor pump, driven by an internal combustion engine supplies hydraulic fluid to the rotor hydraulic motor to drive the rotor. A variable speed traction drive pr... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5947818 | Drive system for a combine with a rotary threshing system An infinitely variable drive system is provided for a rotor assembly of a rotating threshing system of a harvesting machine, such as a combine, having other work system requiring a substantially constant speed. The drive system includes an engine having c... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5890961 | Harvester with elevator with and measurement of harvested product quantity A quantity of a harvested product supplied by an elevator of a harvester from a lower side to an upper side is determined by measuring an elevator when it is located with the harvested product with consideration of weight of the empty elevator.... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5863247 | Method of measuring harvested product quantity in elevator of harvester A quantity of a harvested product supplied by an elevator of a harvester from a lower side to an upper side is determined by measuring an elevator when it is located with the harvested product with consideration of weight of the empty elevator.... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5800262 | Acoustic volume and torque weight sensor A device to measure the volume and weight of a harvested grain crop during the harvesting of the grain crop with a weight measurement member including an elevator for moving grain from a lower elevation to a higher elevation with the elevator having a rot... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5795221 | Device for and a method of a throughput measurement in agricultural machines An agricultural machine, in particular a field chopper, has a device for measuring a throughput of harvested producted with the use of a first element which senses a vertical movement of a prepressing roller by the harvested product and a second element w... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5779541 | Combine yield monitor A combine yield monitor replacing a portion of a conventional cross-auger moving grain through a combine. The monitor having a housing which has an opening through a bottom wall of the housing. The yield monitor further including an auger, rotatably mount... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5685772 | Acoustic volume and torque weight sensor A device to measure the volume and weight of a harvested grain crop during the harvesting of the grain crop with a weight measurement member including an elevator for moving grain from a lower elevation to a higher elevation with the elevator having a rot... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5529537 | Grain bin monitor A combine grain bin monitoring system includes a pair of detectors mounted on the upper edges of opposing side walls of a combine grain bin, for detecting the presence of grain. A visual display module mounted outside of the bin has a visual indicator whi... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5326320 | Method and apparatus for forage processing In a method and an apparatus for forage processing, in order to accelerate its drying process, mown stalk material is fed to rotating pressing elements (7, 7a, 7b), which consolidate the stalk material into a mat of stalk material. In order to produce an ... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5318475 | Apparatus for measuring mass flow of grain in a harvesting machine A monitoring system for computing mass flow of cleaned grain in a harvesting machine such as a combine. The monitoring system includes a system for conveying clean grain from a grain receiving area on the combine and along a predetermined path of travel t... | 06/07/1994 |
| 4487002 | Automatic ground speed controller An automatic control varies the ground speed of a combine due to changing field conditions, based on engine speed and combine feeder conveyor load variables.... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4458471 | Combine speed control A ground speed control for an agricultural combine driven by a turbocharged engine through a variable transmission continuously monitors a plurality of speed and load parameters of the combine and engine, identifies the controlling parameter representing ... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4396087 | Auxiliary drive system for combines A self propelled combine having forward main drive wheels and rear steerable wheels. A hydrostatic drive including a variable displacement motor is arranged to drive the main drive wheels. An electronic-hydraulic control system is automatically operable t... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4337611 | Automatic control of a combine threshing cylinder and feeder conveyor The threshing cylinder and feeder conveyor of a combine with electrohydraulic elements are controlled by a digital computer. The computer generates a proportional voltage which is input to a linear amplifier. The amplifier provides control of the spool of... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4332127 | Combine feeder drive control A self-propelled combine for harvesting a crop and including a crop threshing and separating mechanism and a feeder for feeding crop material into the threshing and separating mechanism. The feeder has an electro-hydraulic control system for engaging and ... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4188772 | Hydraulic speed control system for the pick-up reel of a peanut combine The present invention relates to a hydraulic speed control system for controlling the peripheral speed of a pick-up reel rotatively mounted about the front of a peanut combine. During the harvesting operation, the hydraulic speed control system is adapted... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4142348 | Speed control unit for driving the pick-up reel of a peanut combine The present invention relates to a speed control unit associated with a peanut combine for driving and controlling the peripheral speed of a forwardly disposed crop engaging pick-up reel rotatively mounted transversely about the front of the peanut combin... | 03/06/1979 |
| 3999359 | Tobacco harvester having a hydraulic control system for automatically and continuously controlling the speed of a leaf defoliator assembly in relation to the harvester ground speed A tobacco harvester having a hydraulic control system for automatically and continuously controlling and maintaining the speed of a leaf defoliator assembly relative to and in proportion to the ground speed of the tobacco harvester. The hydraulic control ... | 12/28/1976 |
