Storage of harvested material in a silo
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorGeorg A. Kormann
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Abstract
A method of storing harvested crop material in a silo includes loading the harvested crop material into a container of a transport vehicle in a field. The container includes a discharge system that is operable to unload the crop material, and which is controlled via an electronic control device. The crop material is transported from the field to the silo with the transport vehicle. The crop material is unloaded from the container of the transport vehicle directly into the silo with the discharge system. The electronic control device automatically controls at least one of the transport vehicle and the discharge system while unloading the crop material to form a harvested material layer in the silo having a predetermined layer thickness.
Claims8
A method of storing harvested crop material in a silo, the method comprising:
- loading the crop material into a container of a transport vehicle in a field, wherein the container includes a discharge system controlled via an electronic control device and operable to unload the crop material from the container;
- transporting the crop material from the field to the silo with the transport vehicle;
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- unloading the crop material from the container of the transport vehicle directly into the silo with the discharge system, wherein the electronic control device automatically controls at least one of the transport vehicle and the discharge system while unloading the crop material to form a harvested material layer in the silo having a predetermined layer thickness.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.