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AssigneeNew Holland North America, Inc., a Delaware Corporation
InventorsAndrew James Scarlett, David Alexander Semple, John Charles Lowe, Adrianus Naaktgeboren, Bert J.F. Paouet
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A method of controlling the combination of a baler and a tractor includes the steps of advancing the baler combination through a swath or windrow of biological crop matter with the tractor PTO operating at a generally constant speed to power the baler and the baler operating to take up biological matter while monitoring the flow rate of the biological matter through the baler. A microprocessor compares the assessed flow rate with an optimal flow rate and varies the travel speed of the tractor to maximize the flow rate of crop material through the baler. Preferably, the speed of operation of the tractor is accomplished through changing transmission speeds so that the PTO shaft speed is maintained at a substantially uniform rotational speed. The apparatus provided for carrying out the method of controlling the combination of a tractor and a baler increases the work rate of baling operations.
A method of controlling a combination of a baler operatively connected to a tractor comprising the steps of:
In a combination of a baler operatively connected to a tractor to receive operative and motive power therefrom, the baler having a packer including a packer fork, a rotary feeder, a pre-compression chamber having a sensor door, and a plunger for compacting crop material into bales, the tractor having an engine, a transmission operatively connected to said engine to provide a plurality of transmission ratios to enable corresponding motive speeds for a given speed of operation of said engine, and a power takeoff shaft operatively associated with said engine to provide operational power for said baler, the improvement comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.