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US 10,785,910 B2Granted
Sensor assembly for a combine harvester screen
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsNathan R. Vandike, Volker Fuchs, Hans W. Schaeffer, Wentao W. Yu, Stephan Kirstein, Sebastian Müller, Thomas Herlitzius, Christian Korn
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Abstract
A sensor assembly for attachment underneath a screen of a combine harvester is provided with a plurality of sensor units having sensor elements, a plurality of which sensor units are arranged one behind the other within a hollow profile which extends in the longitudinal direction of the screen.
Claims20
A sensor assembly for attachment underneath a screen of a combine harvester, the sensor assembly comprising:
- a hollow profile which extends in a longitudinal direction of the screen;
- a plurality of sensor units arranged within the hollow profile, each of the plurality of sensor units including a plurality of sensor elements,
- wherein the plurality of sensor units are arranged longitudinally adjacent to each other within the hollow profile.
A screen for a combine harvester, comprising:
- front and rear transversely extending frame elements;
- a plurality of longitudinally extending frame elements connected to one another by the front and rear transversely extending frame elements;
- lamellas having an angle of aperture adjustable by an adjustment rod;
- and
- a first longitudinally extending sensor assembly coupled to a first longitudinally extending frame element of the plurality of longitudinally extending frame elements;
- and
- a second longitudinally extending sensor assembly coupled to a second longitudinally extending frame element of the plurality of longitudinally extending frame elements;
- wherein each of the first and second longitudinally extending sensor assemblies comprises:
- a hollow profile which extends in a longitudinal direction along the associated longitudinally extending frame element, and is coupled to the associated longitudinally extending frame element;
- a plurality of sensor units arranged within the hollow profile, each of the plurality of sensor units including a plurality of sensor elements,
- wherein the plurality of sensor units are arranged longitudinally adjacent to each other within the hollow profile.
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A combine harvester comprising:
- a cleaning device which comprises:
- a blower;
- and
- a screen comprising:
- front and rear transversely extending frame elements;
- a plurality of longitudinally extending frame elements connected to one another by the front and rear transversely extending frame elements;
- lamellas having an angle of aperture adjustable by an adjustment rod;
- and
- a first longitudinally extending sensor assembly coupled to a first longitudinally extending frame element of the plurality of longitudinally extending frame elements;
- and
- a second longitudinally extending sensor assembly coupled to a second longitudinally extending frame element of the plurality of longitudinally extending frame elements;
- wherein each of the first and second longitudinally extending sensor assemblies comprises:
- a hollow profile which extends in a longitudinal direction along the associated longitudinally extending frame element, and is coupled to the associated longitudinally extending frame element;
- a plurality of sensor units arranged within the hollow profile, each of the plurality of sensor units including a plurality of sensor elements,
- wherein the plurality of sensor units are arranged longitudinally adjacent to each other within the hollow profile.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.