Device and method for measuring the properties of hay using near infrared spectroscopy on a large square baler
US10785918B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 18, 2017 |
| Grant date | Sep 29, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 2, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2201/12
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A device and method comprising a large square baler with a pre-comprssion chamber that accumulates hay and moves it into the compression chamber, one or more near infrared specrocopy (NIRS) sensors mounted near the top of the pre-compression chamber, a means to read inputs from the sensors only when the stuffer forks are moving hayfrom the pre-compression chamber into the main chamber and a processor to average multiple readings from the nirs sensors from that inteval.
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