Beater roller configuration in a harvester vehicle
AssigneesDeere & Company, Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey S. Wigdahl, Jeffrey C. Askey, Scott D. Weber, Justin E. Hummel
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Abstract
One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for accumulating harvested crop that includes an accumulator for a harvester vehicle having a plurality of meter rollers aligned along a first axis and a plurality of beater rollers aligned along a second axis. The first axis is different than the second axis, and one roller of the plurality of beater rollers is aligned along the first axis. The one roller of the plurality of beater rollers aligned along the first axis is coupled with the plurality of beater rollers and not coupled to the plurality of meter rollers.
Claims20
An accumulator for a harvester vehicle, the accumulator comprising:
- a plurality of meter rollers aligned along a first axis;
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- a plurality of beater rollers aligned along a second axis, the first axis being different than the second axis, and one roller of the plurality of beater rollers being aligned along the first axis, wherein
- the one roller of the plurality of beater rollers aligned along the first axis is coupled with the plurality of beater rollers and not coupled to the plurality of meter rollers.
A harvester vehicle comprising:
- an accumulator configured to receive a harvested crop, the accumulator including three meter rollers and three beater rollers, the three meter rollers and one of the three beater rollers being aligned along a first axis, the three meter rollers having a speed of rotation less than or equal to 60 RPM, and the one roller of the three beater rollers that is aligned along the first axis has a speed of rotation greater than or equal to 200 RPM;
- a module builder configured to build a module of the harvested crop;
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- a controller configured to coordinate control of the three meter rollers and coordinate control of the three beater rollers, wherein control of the three meter rollers is separate from control of the three beater rollers.
A method for controlling accumulation of a harvested crop, the method comprising:
- configuring a plurality of meter rollers to be aligned along a first axis;
- configuring a plurality of beater rollers to be aligned along a second axis, the first axis being different than the second axis, and one roller of the plurality of beater rollers being aligned along the first axis, wherein the one roller of the plurality of beater rollers aligned along the first axis is coupled with the plurality of beater rollers and not coupled to the plurality of meter rollers;
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- controlling operation of the plurality of beater rollers separate from operation of the plurality of meter rollers to accumulate the harvested crop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.