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US 6,584,755 B2Granted
Apparatus for adjusting the spacing and/or the contact pressure between two rollers of a kernel processor
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorEberhard Holtkotte
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Abstract
A kernel processor includes a pair of rollers which are controlled such that the spacing between them varies inversely, or such that the contact pressure between them varies directly, in response to varying moisture content of the crop material being processed.
Claims6
In a kernel processor including a pair of processor rollers between which chopped harvested plant material is passed, and with one of the processor rollers being adjustable toward and away from the other so as to alter a spacing between them, the improvement comprising:
- a powered device coupled to said one processor roller;
- a control device coupled to said powered device and being responsive to a control signal for controlling said powered device for effecting movement of said one processor roller;
- and a sensor coupled to said control device and being mounted for sensing a plant characteristic of the harvested material and issuing said control signal which corresponds to said sensed plant characteristic, whereby said powered device is controlled in accordance with said sensed plant characteristic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.