Crop transfer device and corresponding method
AssigneeExel Industries
InventorDaniel Hirthammer
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Abstract
Crop transfer device (4) for transferring crop to a receptacle, the device comprising a conveyor (8) for transferring the crop and the conveyor defining a conveyor plane (CP). The conveyor has a conveyor outlet (10) defining an outlet direction (OD) which is the direction of the crop falling from the conveyor at the conveyor outlet. The crop transfer device (4) comprises a scanning device (12) adapted to scan the surface of crop situated below the conveyor outlet and the crop transfer device (4) comprises a mounting device (14) by which the scanning device is mounted to the conveyor (8) with a translational mobility of the scanning device with respect to the conveyor along a path (20).
Claims18
A crop transfer device for transferring crop to a receptacle, the device comprising:
- a conveyor for transferring the crop, the conveyor defining a conveyor plane (CP), the conveyor having a conveyor outlet defining an outlet direction (OD) which is the direction of the crop falling from the conveyor at the conveyor outlet;
- a scanning device adapted to scan the surface of crop situated below the conveyor outlet;
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- a mounting device by which the scanning device is mounted to the conveyor with a translational mobility of the scanning device with respect to the conveyor along a path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.