Feeding system for an agricultural implement
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsDaniel John Reints, Timothy Alan Meeks, Aryon Wayne Shondel
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Abstract
A feeding system for an agricultural implement includes a hopper configured to receive agricultural crop material. An auger extending across the hopper is configured to meter the agricultural crop material from the hopper into a tapered passageway. A movable belt is disposed along one side of the tapered passageway and is configured to urge the agricultural crop material through the tapered passageway toward an outlet of the tapered passageway to form the agricultural crop material into a mat having a thickness substantially equal to a width of the outlet.
Claims13
A feeding system for an agricultural implement, comprising:
- a hopper configured to receive agricultural crop material;
- an auger extending across the hopper, wherein the auger is configured to meter the agricultural crop material from the hopper into a tapered passageway;
- a movable belt disposed along one side of the tapered passageway, wherein the movable belt is configured to urge the agricultural crop material through the tapered passageway toward an outlet of the tapered passageway to form the agricultural crop material into a mat having a thickness substantially equal to a width of the outlet;
- a sensor assembly configured to output signals indicative of the thickness of the mat, a weight of the mat, a density of the mat, or any combination thereof;
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- a controller configured to receive the signals from the sensor assembly indicative of the thickness, the weight, the density, or the combination thereof, and to adjust a position of the movable belt, an orientation of the movable belt, a speed of the movable belt, or any combination thereof, based on the signals to control the thickness of the mat, the weight of the mat, the density of the mat, or a combination thereof.
A feeding system for an agricultural implement, comprising:
- a hopper configured to receive agricultural crop material;
- an auger extending across the hopper, wherein the auger is configured to meter the agricultural crop material from the hopper into a tapered passageway;
- a movable belt disposed along one side of the tapered passageway, wherein the movable belt is configured to urge the agricultural crop material through the tapered passageway toward an outlet of the tapered passageway to form the agricultural crop material into a mat having a thickness substantially equal to a width of the outlet;
- a sensor assembly configured to output signals indicative of the thickness of the mat, a weight of the mat, a density of the mat, or any combination thereof;
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- a controller configured to receive the signals from the sensor assembly indicative of the thickness, the weight, the density, or the combination thereof, and to adjust a dimension of the outlet based on the signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.