Rake rotor height control
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorPieter W. Viaene
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Abstract
An agricultural implement including a frame, at least one rake moveably coupled to the frame and including a plurality of tine arms, a plurality of tines connected to the plurality of tine arms, and a rotor drive configured for rotating the plurality of tine arms, and an adjustment system configured for adjusting a rake height of the at least one rake. The adjustment system includes at least one actuator, an electronic control unit operably connected to the at least one actuator, and at least one dust sensor supported by the frame and operably connected to the electronic control unit. The at least one dust sensor monitors a dust level and communicates dust level data to the electronic control unit which correspondingly adjusts the rake height based upon the dust level data.
Claims20
An agricultural implement, comprising:
- a frame;
- at least one rake moveably coupled to the frame and comprising a plurality of tine arms, a plurality of tines connected to the plurality of tine arms, and a rotor drive configured to rotate the plurality of tine arms;
- and
- an adjustment system configured to adjust a rake height of the at least one rake, the adjustment system comprising:
- at least one actuator connected to the frame and configured to adjust the rake height;
- an electronic control unit operably connected to the at least one actuator;
- and
- at least one dust sensor supported by the frame and operably connected to the electronic control unit, wherein the at least one dust sensor is configured to monitor a dust level and communicate dust level data to the electronic control unit, and the electronic control unit is configured to correspondingly adjust the rake height based upon the dust level data.
An adjustment system configured to adjust a rake height for a rake of an agricultural implement, the adjustment system comprising:
- at least one actuator configured to adjust the rake height;
- an electronic control unit operably connected to the at least one actuator;
- and
- at least one dust sensor operably connected to the electronic control unit, wherein the at least one dust sensor is configured to monitor a dust level and communicate dust level data to the electronic control unit, and the electronic control unit is configured to correspondingly adjust the rake height based upon the dust level data.
A method for operating an agricultural implement comprising the steps of:
- indirectly monitoring, by at least one dust sensor, a rake height by monitoring a dust level;
- communicating, by the at least one dust sensor, dust level data to an electronic control unit;
- and
- adjusting the rake height, by the electronic control unit, based upon the dust level data and upon determining that the dust level is one of above or below a predetermined threshold value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.