Wrap floor control
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsJeffrey S. Wigdahl, Ryan A. Hackert, Jeffrey R. Fox
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Abstract
A wrap floor control system for a wrap floor of a cotton harvester with a cotton module forming chamber includes an actuator that moves the wrap floor and a timer module. A floor engagement module commands the wrap floor actuator to move the wrap floor to an engaged position in response to determining initiation of the wrap cycle and commands the wrap floor actuator to move the wrap floor to a disengaged position in response to the timer module indicating that the timer is equal to or greater than a first threshold value. A belt control module drives a wrap floor belt in response to determining initiation of the wrap cycle.
Claims18
A wrap floor control system for a wrap floor of a cotton harvester with a cotton module forming chamber, the wrap floor control system comprising:
- an actuator connected to the wrap floor and configured to move the wrap floor;
- a timer module configured to:
- in response to determining initiation of a wrap cycle, reset and increment a timer;
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- compare the timer to a first threshold value;
- a floor engagement module configured to:
- in response to determining initiation of the wrap cycle, command the wrap floor actuator to move the wrap floor to an engaged position, and
- in response determining that the timer module indicates that the timer is equal to or greater than the first threshold value, command the wrap floor actuator to move the wrap floor to a disengaged position;
- a belt control module configured to in response to determining initiation of the wrap cycle, drive a wrap floor belt;
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- a label sensor configured to generate a separation label signal in response to detecting a presence of a separation label, wherein the label sensor is a Hall sensor;
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- a wrap length module configured to:
- calculate, in response to receiving the separation signal, a length of wrap fed to the cotton module forming chamber, and
- compare the length of wrap fed to the cotton module forming chamber to a second threshold value,
- wherein the belt control module is configured to, in response to determining that the wrap length module indicates that the length of wrap fed to the cotton module forming chamber is equal to or greater than the second threshold value, stop driving the wrap floor belt.
A method of controlling a wrap floor of a cotton harvester with a cotton module forming chamber, the method comprising:
- determining whether a wrap cycle has been initiated and in response to determining that the wrap cycle has been initiated:
- starting a timer,
- moving the wrap floor to an engaged position, and
- driving a wrap floor belt located in the wrap floor;
- comparing the timer to a threshold period;
- moving, in response to determining that the timer is greater than or equal to the threshold period, the wrap floor to a disengaged position;
- monitoring an output of a label sensor;
- calculating, in response to the label sensor indicating a presence of a separation label, a first length of wrap fed to the module forming chamber;
- stopping, in response to determining that the first length of wrap fed to the module forming chamber is greater than or equal to a first threshold value, the wrap floor belt;
- stopping, in response to determining that the timer is greater than or equal to the threshold period, the wrap floor belt;
- calculating a second length of wrap fed to the module forming chamber;
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- driving, in response to determining that the second length of wrap fed to the module forming chamber is greater than or equal to a second threshold value, the wrap floor belt.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing processor-executable instructions for controlling a wrap floor of a cotton harvester with a cotton module forming chamber, the instructions comprising:
- determining whether a wrap cycle has been initiated and in response to determining that the wrap cycle has been initiated:
- starting a timer;
- moving the wrap floor to an engaged position, and
- driving a wrap floor belt located in the wrap floor;
- comparing the timer to a threshold period;
- moving, and in response to determining that the timer is greater than or equal to the threshold period the wrap floor to a disengaged position;
- monitoring an output of a label sensor;
- calculating, in response to the label sensor indicating a presence of a separation label, a first length of wrap fed to the module forming chamber;
- stopping, in response to determining that the first length of wrap fed to the module forming chamber is greater than or equal to a first threshold value, the wrap floor belt;
- stopping, in response to determining that the timer is greater than or equal to the threshold period, the wrap floor belt,
- calculating a second length of wrap fed to the module forming chamber;
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- driving, in response to determining that the second length of wrap fed to the module forming chamber is greater than or equal to a second threshold value, the wrap floor belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.