Method for uploading crop stored in a grain tank of a harvesting device

US8662972B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Willi Behnke · Steinhagen, DE
• Norbert Diekhans · Gütersloh, DE
• Jochen Huster · Vellmar, DE
• Thilo Krause · Glinde, DE
• Bastian Kriebel · Munster, DE
• Frank Claussen · Harsewinkel, DE
• Markus Brune · Harsewinkel, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 6, 2013
• Grant date: Mar 4, 2014
• Expiry date: May 6, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01D43/073
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for unloading crop stored in a grain tank of a self-propelled combine harvester into a drivable collecting container equipped with a drive unit includes positioning the collecting container relative to the combine harvester and moving the collecting container parallel thereto while the crop is fed to the collecting container directly or indirectly by way of a grain tank discharge pipe equipped with an outlet chute, simultaneously with the harvesting operation.