Twine wrap control for round baler
AssigneeAGCO Corporation
InventorLeroy M. Kluver
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Abstract
An automatic control device for controlling the placement of wrap material on a bale within a round baler. A pair of twine guide tubes are actuated for movement by an actuator which is energized by a controller for controlling a twine wrapping operation. Separate twine strands are fed to each of the twine guide tubes and the quantity of twine fed through the guide tubes is monitored by sensor pulleys which send a pulsed signal to the controller. The controller controls the location of the twine guide tubes in response to the sensed signal from the sensing pulleys whereby a predetermined quantity of twine is placed at predetermined locations along the bale.
Claims15
An apparatus for forming and wrapping bales, said apparatus comprising:
- a chamber for receiving crop material to form a bale,
- wrap guide means for guiding wrap material onto a bale in said chamber,
- monitoring means for monitoring the distribution of said wrap material onto said bale,
- control means for controlling the position of said wrap guide means in response to the monitored distribution of said wrap material, and
- wherein said monitoring means comprises sensing means for measuring the quantity of wrap material as it is dispensed onto said bale.
An apparatus for forming and wrapping round bales with twine, said apparatus comprising:
- a chamber for receiving crop material to form a bale,
- a twine tube assembly for guiding twine onto a bale in said chamber,
- a twine feed sensor for monitoring the quantity of twine as it is fed onto said bale, and
- a controller for receiving a signal from said twine feed sensor and for controlling a predetermined sequence of operations for wrapping said bale in response to said signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.