Patent · US Expired

Device for and method of calibrating the measurements of a product stream

US5750877A · kind A · utility

21Cited by

9References

30Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Claas KGaA · DE

Inventors

Willi Behnke · Steinhagen, DE
Burkhard Sagemüller · Gütersloh, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 28, 1996
Grant date	May 12, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 28, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA01D41/1277
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a device for and a method of calibrating the measurement of a product stream in agricultural machines, a calibrating unit is arranged after a measuring unit, a definite quantity of a product stream is weighed in the calibrating unit and the weight value is determined in an evaluating electronic unit which compares the weight value with a value determined by the measuring unit and determines a correction factor from the comparison of both values.

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