Baling vehicle with automated round bale ejection

US11197428B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Vermeer Manufacturing Company · US

Inventors

• Kent L. Thompson · Otley, US
• Nathan D. Dockter · Pella, US
• Kent M. Recker · Pella, US
• Gary J. Burns · Knoxville, US
• Scott Rempe · Pella, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 19, 2017
• Grant date: Dec 14, 2021
• Expiry date: Apr 8, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05D1/249
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A self-propelled baling vehicle for forming a bale of material includes a drive system for propelling the baling vehicle, a baling system for forming the bale, and a control system coupled to the drive system and the baling system. The control system includes a controller configured to determine a proposed location for ejection of the bale, operate the drive system to maneuver the baling vehicle from a first position to a second position for ejection of the bale at the proposed location, operate the baling system to eject the bale at the proposed location, and operate the drive system to maneuver the baling vehicle back to the first position.