Baler and method for operating a baler
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsLionel Guiet, Stéphane Biziorek
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Abstract
A baler includes a discharge unit moveable between a first position, in which a baling chamber is closed, and a second position, in which the baling chamber is open for unloading of the bale. A control unit is configured to control an actuator to move the discharge unit between the first position and the second position. An acceleration sensor is arranged to sense an acceleration of the baler. The control unit is in communication with the acceleration sensor, and is operable to control movement of the discharge unit based on acceleration of the baler detected by the acceleration sensor.
Claims11
A baler implement comprising:
- a baling chamber operable for receiving a crop and compressing the crop into a bale;
- a pick-up unit operable to gather the crop and move the crop into the baling chamber;
- a discharge unit moveable between a first position closing the baling chamber for forming the bale therein, and a second position opening the baling chamber for unloading the bale from the baling chamber;
- an actuator coupled to the discharge unit and operable to move the discharge unit between the first position and the second position;
- an acceleration sensor positioned to detect acceleration of the baler implement and operable to generate an acceleration signal in response to detected acceleration of the baler implement;
- a controller disposed in communication with the acceleration sensor for receiving an acceleration signal from the acceleration sensor;
- wherein the controller is configured to control the actuator to move the discharge unit between the first position and the second position based on the acceleration signal from the acceleration sensor.
A method of controlling a baler implement having a pick-up unit for gathering crop from a ground surface and moving the crop into a baling chamber, the baling chamber configured for compressing the crop into a bale, a discharge unit moveable between a first position for closing the baling chamber for forming the bale and a second position opening the baling chamber for discharging the bale, the method comprising:
- generating an acceleration signal with an acceleration sensor in response to sensing an acceleration of the baler implement after the bale is wrapped and the discharge unit is moved from the second position into the first position;
- controlling an actuator coupled to the discharge unit, with a controller, in response to the acceleration signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.