Control arrangement
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorJean Viaud
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Abstract
A rotobaler is provided with an inclination sensor that recognizes an inclination to the side as well as in the longitudinal direction. This inclination sensor generates a signal coupled to a computer that, in turn, controls a display arrangement in order to indicate whether a base that is to be unloaded from the rotobaler can be safely unloaded considering the existing inclination of the rotobaler. In the event an unsafe inclination is present, either the computer sends out a control signal which blocks an operation for depositing the bale on the ground, or causes the bale to be oriented in such a way during the discharge process that the longitudinal centerline of the bale is parallel to the inclination of the slope.
Claims10
In combination with a vehicle including a chamber for carrying a cylindrical bale, an outlet arrangement being selectively operated for permitting a formed bale to exit said chamber and a discharge arrangement attached to the vehicle for receiving a bale from the chamber and for being moved relative to said chamber for subsequently depositing the bale onto the ground, a control arrangement, comprising:
- an inclination sensor for sensing the inclination of the vehicle in a transverse direction and a longitudinal direction and for sending an inclination signal representing the sensed inclination, the inclination sensor is positioned on the vehicle wherein the inclination signal is for using by an operator information from which a correct repositioning of the vehicle may be done so that a carried bare may be safely transferred to the discharge arrangement from the chamber for subsequently being deposited onto the ground.
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