Method for uploading crop stored in a grain tank of a harvesting device
AssigneeCLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
InventorsWilli Behnke, Norbert Diekhans, Jochen Huster, Thilo Krause, Bastian Kriebel, Frank Claussen, Markus Brune
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Abstract
A method for unloading crop stored in a grain tank of a self-propelled combine harvester into a drivable collecting container equipped with a drive unit includes positioning the collecting container relative to the combine harvester and moving the collecting container parallel thereto while the crop is fed to the collecting container directly or indirectly by way of a grain tank discharge pipe equipped with an outlet chute, simultaneously with the harvesting operation.
Claims4
A method for unloading crop stored in a grain tank (3) of a self-propelled combine harvester (1) into a drivable collecting container (8) equipped with a drive unit, including:
- positioning the collecting container (8) relative to the combine harvester (1) and moving the collecting container (8) parallel thereto while the crop is fed to the collecting container (8) directly or indirectly by way of a grain tank discharge pipe (4) equipped with an outlet chute (6), simultaneously with the harvesting operation;
- to unload the crop, using a control device to move the collecting container (8) in a constant position relative to the harvesting machine (1), behind a front harvesting attachment (2) or next to a front harvesting attachment (2), in which the outlet chute (6) is oriented toward an inlet region of a longitudinal conveyor provided in the collecting container (8);
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- reducing a spreading width of a chopper (5) provided at the straw and chaff outlet of the combine harvester (1), which is maintained in a direction of the collecting container (8), during a grain tank unloading process with a collecting container (8) traveling behind the front harvesting attachment (2).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.