Device and method for measuring hay bale moisture
US6377058B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 9, 1999 |
| Grant date | Apr 23, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 9, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01F2015/0866
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A device for sensing moisture in moving hay bales has a pair of star-shaped wheels situated to have points penetrate into the bale and be driven by the bale. The points establish electrode surfaces within the bale between which resistivity or conductivity of an electrical current may be measured and scaled to moisture content of the hay of the bale.
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