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US 2012/0238335 A1Published application
Unplugging Control For A Feeding System
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorDaniel E. Derscheid
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Abstract
A method of unplugging hay and forage equipment, including the steps of identifying a plug, activating unplugging devices, unplugging the equipment, and returning the unplugging devices to position of normal operation. The identifying step includes identifying a plug in the equipment caused by the material entering the equipment. The activating step includes activating substantially simultaneously a plurality of unplugging devices. The returning step includes returning the plurality of unplugging devices to their normal operating positions.
Claims11
1-10. (canceled)
Hay equipment, comprising:
- a plurality of unplugging devices operatively connected to the equipment, said plurality of unplugging devices being configured to move to remove a plug of material in the equipment;
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- a controller configured to activate substantially simultaneously said plurality of unplugging devices and to return said plurality of unplugging devices to normal operating positions once the plug of material is removed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.