Agricultural header reel position control based on header wing position
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsBryan R. Yanke, Duane M. Bomleny
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for automatically controlling a position of a reel relative to wing of an agricultural header in response to movement of the wing are disclosed. In some instances, a position of the reel, such as a portion of the reel, is located at a different position relative to the wing based on an amount of articulation of the wing, such as an amount of angular displacement of the wing relative to a datum, such as a center frame of the header.
Claims2
A system for adjusting a position of a reel of a draper header to maintain a desired clearance between a portion of the reel and another portion of the draper header, the system comprising:
- the draper header comprising:
- a base assembly comprising:
- a frame portion;
- and
- a first wing pivotably coupled to the frame portion, the first wing moveable over a range of movement, the range of movement having a first end and a second end;
- a cutterbar extending along a leading edge of the base assembly;
- and
- the reel pivotably coupled to the base assembly and comprising a first reel portion,
- wherein the range of motion includes a first portion corresponding to the wing being in a bump condition and a second portion corresponding to the wing being in a droop condition,
- wherein the first portion of the range of motion includes a plurality of bump positions of the first wing,
- wherein the second portion of the range of motion includes a plurality of droop positions of the first wing,
- wherein the first reel portion includes a first end positioned inboard and located proximate to the frame portion and a second end positioned outboard of the first end, and
- wherein the first reel portion is automatically movable towards the first wing in response to a sensed position of the first wing being at least one of the plurality of bump positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.