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Method and apparatus for ascertaining the quantity of a crop harvested in a combine

US7362233B2 · kind B2 · utility

14Cited by

9References

11Claims

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Assignee

CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH · DE

Inventors

Willi Behnke · Steinhagen, DE
Joachim Baumgarten · Beelen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 14, 2004
Grant date	Apr 22, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 29, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA01F12/52
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for ascertaining the quantity of the tailings (39), output into a tailing augur (46) of a combine (1) and composed of grains (35) and non-grain components, in which the quantity of the tailings (39) is displayed by means of generating grain stream signals (X) and crop stream signals (Y, Z), and the quantity of the tailings (39) is detected in a cleaning system (18), assigned to the combine (1), or in a portion of the cleaning system (18), so that the quantity of the crop harvested (39) is relatively precisely ascertained and conclusively displayed in a simple way.

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