Twine tension monitoring apparatus
AssigneeAGCO Corporation
InventorsLucas Andrew Weller, Eric John Herbers
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Abstract
A twine tension monitoring apparatus includes a twine tension monitoring portion and a signalling portion. The twine tension monitoring portion includes a laterally extending finger moveable about a horizontally extending axis between a first position and a second position, in which the first position corresponds to a low tension condition and the second position corresponds to a tensioned condition. The signalling portion provides a signal indicating the position of the laterally extending finger and so indicates the tension being monitored.
Claims17
A twine tension monitoring apparatus for detecting the twine tension in a baler during operation of the baler comprises a twine tension monitoring portion and a signalling portion connected to the monitoring portion, in which the twine tension monitoring portion is, in use, located between a knotter and a leading edge of a forming bale, and the twine tension monitoring portion comprises an element rotatable about a horizontally extending axis between a first position and a second position, in which the first position corresponds to a low tension condition and the second position corresponds to a tensioned condition, the signalling portion providing a signal indicating the position of the rotatable element.
A twine tension monitoring apparatus for detecting the twine tension in a baler during operation of the baler comprises a twine tension monitoring portion and a signalling portion connected to the monitoring portion, in which the twine tension monitoring portion is, in use, located between a knotter and a leading edge of a forming bale, and the twine tension monitoring portion comprises an element rotatable about a horizontally extending axis between a first position and a second position, in which the first position corresponds to a low tension condition and the second position corresponds to a tensioned condition, the signalling portion providing a signal indicating the position of the rotatable element, wherein the rotatable element comprises a third portion of a shaft offset from a first portion of the shaft, the first portion of the shaft being connected to an armature.
An agricultural baler provided with a twine tension monitoring apparatus for detecting the twine tension in a baler during operation of the baler comprises a twine tension monitoring portion and a signalling portion connected to the monitoring portion, in which the twine tension monitoring portion is, in use, located between a knotter and a leading edge of a forming bale, and the twine tension monitoring portion comprises an element rotatable about a horizontally extending axis between a first position and a second position, in which the first position corresponds to a low tension condition and the second position corresponds to a tensioned condition, the signalling portion providing a signal indicating the position of the rotatable element.
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