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Harvesting machine with a measuring device for capturing the throughput of collected crop material

US7430845B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Deere & Company · US

Inventors

Georg Kormann · Zweibrücken, DE
Nico Correns · Weimar, DE
Michael Rode · Vancouver, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 14, 2005
Grant date	Oct 7, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 27, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA01D43/085
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A harvesting machine includes a measuring device for capturing the throughput of collected material. The measuring device has a measuring surface which acts together with the crop material and is supported movably at a support point in such a manner that its position depends on the throughput of the crop material, and an optical position capturing device for capturing the position of the measuring surface. Preferably the support point is a solid body articulation and the position capturing device is a laser interferometer.

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