Apparatus and method to calibrate the reel of an agricultural windrower
    1.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method to calibrate the reel of an agricultural windrower 失效
    用于校准农用划船机的卷轴的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US07483780B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-01-27

    申请号:US11487816

    申请日:2006-07-17

    IPC分类号: G06F7/70

    CPC分类号: A01D57/02 A01D41/14

    摘要: An apparatus and method for calibrating the reel of an agricultural windrower, wherein a programmable control module in connection with a signal operated device in operative control of a variable displacement pump operable for controlling operation of the reel, is programmed as part of an automatic calibration routine for directing signals to the device having different values, for rotating the reel at two different speeds. The controller will then determine a characteristic algorithm or relationship between reel speed and signal value which will be predictive of reel speeds which will be achieved for a range of signal values.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于校准农业开采机的卷轴的装置和方法,其中可编程控制模块与可操作控制卷轴的操作的可变排量泵的信号操作装置相连,被编程为自动校准程序的一部分 用于将信号引导到具有不同值的装置,用于以两种不同的速度旋转卷轴。 然后,控制器将确定卷轴速度和信号值之间的特征算法或关系,这将预测将在一定范围的信号值上实现的卷轴速度。

    Metal detector sensitivity adjustment and test assembly
    2.
    发明授权
    Metal detector sensitivity adjustment and test assembly 失效
    金属探测器灵敏度调节和测试装配

    公开(公告)号:US4639666A

    公开(公告)日:1987-01-27

    申请号:US644422

    申请日:1984-08-27

    CPC分类号: G01V13/00

    摘要: The metal detector circuitry for a forage harvester is provided with a socket for receiving a pluggable unit, the arrangement being such that a resistor in the pluggable unit is connected into the detection circuitry of a metal detector whereby the sensitivity of the metal detector may be changed by inserting into the socket a pluggable unit containing a resistor of a different value. A metal detector test assembly connected to the metal detector through the socket, provides a means for testing the sensitivity of the metal detector and its associated circuitry. The test assembly includes a signal unit which is placed adjacent the metal detector sensing unit and generates a magnetic field that is sensed by the sensing unit, and a test box with circuitry, indicators and switches for selectively checking the sensitivity of the metal detector and correct operation of its associated circuitry.

    摘要翻译: 用于饲料收割机的金属检测器电路设置有用于接收可插拔单元的插座,该插座使得可插拔单元中的电阻器连接到金属检测器的检测电路中,从而可以改变金属检测器的灵敏度 通过在插座中插入包含不同值的电阻器的可插拔单元。 通过插座连接到金属检测器的金属检测器测试组件提供了一种用于测试金属检测器及其相关电路的灵敏度的手段。 测试组件包括信号单元,该信号单元放置在金属检测器感测单元附近并产生由感测单元感测的磁场,以及具有电路,指示器和开关的测试盒,用于选择性地检查金属检测器的灵敏度并校正 其相关电路的操作。

    Round baler with continuous bale size monitoring
    3.
    发明授权
    Round baler with continuous bale size monitoring 失效
    圆形打捆机,连续捆包尺寸监控

    公开(公告)号:US4924405A

    公开(公告)日:1990-05-08

    申请号:US333152

    申请日:1989-04-04

    IPC分类号: A01F15/08

    CPC分类号: A01F15/0833 Y10S56/15

    摘要: A potentiometer is driven by one of the serpentine arm assemblies used to maintain apron tension during formation of a round bale so that the output of the potentiometer continuously provides an indication of the size of a bale being formed in the baler. A microprocessor based control circuit senses the output of the potentiometer, converts it to a digital value, and compares the digital value with a value representing a desired bale size. When the two values are equal, the microprocessor computes the number of revolutions of a net feed roll that is required to wrap the bale a preselected number of times, energizes the net feed roll mechanism to feed net into the bale forming chamber, and counts the revolutions of the net feed roll. When the required amount of net has been dispensed, the microprocessor stops the net feed roll and activates a mechanism to cut the net. The size of a "full bale" is selected by actuating keys on a control panel. An offset is automatically provided to compensate for wear in the apron mechanism affecting the "zero" setting of the bale size sensor. The system permits signalling the operator to steer left or right along a windrow to control bale shape as the bale being formed in the chamber increases in diameter, the signalling rate being non-linear with respect to bale diameter.

    摘要翻译: 用于在形成圆包期间保持围裙张力的蛇形臂组件中的一个驱动电位计,使得电位器的输出连续地提供打包机中形成的捆包的大小的指示。 基于微处理器的控制电路感测电位器的输出,将其转换为数字值,并将数字值与表示所需捆包尺寸的值进行比较。 当这两个值相等时,微处理器计算将包装预先选定次数所需的净进给辊的转数,使净进给辊机构通电,将进料网进入捆包形成室,并计数 净送料辊的转数。 当已经分配所需的净量时,微处理器停止净进给辊并启动切割网的机构。 通过控制面板上的按键选择“全包”的大小。 自动提供偏移以补偿影响捆包尺寸传感器“零”设置的围裙机构的磨损。 该系统允许指示操作者沿着料卷向左或向右转动以控制捆包形状,因为在腔室中形成的捆包直径增加,信号速率相对于捆包直径是非线性的。

    Apparatus for dispensing a substance onto a crop material at a
controlled rate
    4.
    发明授权
    Apparatus for dispensing a substance onto a crop material at a controlled rate 失效
    用于以受控的速率将物质分配到作物材料上的装置

    公开(公告)号:US4918910A

    公开(公告)日:1990-04-24

    申请号:US313427

    申请日:1989-02-22

    IPC分类号: A01F15/08

    摘要: Apparatus for dispensing a preservative or other substance, in solid or liquid form, onto a crop material being baled, the substance being dispensed onto the crop material before it is baled at a rate which is dependent on the moisture content of the crop material and the bulk rate of flow of crop material through the baler. The apparatus, which may be mounted on a square baler or a round baler, includes a first sensor for sensing the moisture content of the crop material and producing a first signal, a second sensor for producing an output signal indicative of the bulk rate of corp flow through the baler, and a control circuit responsive to the first signal and the second signal for producing a pulse width modulated signal for controlling the speed of a motor. The motor controls the rate at which the substance is dispensed from a container onto the crop material.

    Round baler with continuous bale size monitoring
    5.
    发明授权
    Round baler with continuous bale size monitoring 失效
    圆形打捆机,连续捆包尺寸监控

    公开(公告)号:US4855924A

    公开(公告)日:1989-08-08

    申请号:US49874

    申请日:1987-05-14

    IPC分类号: A01F15/08

    CPC分类号: A01F15/0833

    摘要: A potentiometer is driven by one of the serpentine arm assemblies used to maintain apron tension during formation of a round bale so that the output of the potentiometer continuously provides an indication of the size of a bale being formed in the baler. A microprocessor based control circuit senses the output of the potentiometer, converts it to a digital value, and compares the digital value with a value representing a desired bale size. When the two values are equal, the microprocessor computes the number of revolutions of a net feed roll that is required to wrap the bale a preselected number of times, energizes the net feed roll mechanism to feed net into the bale forming chamber, and counts the revolutions of the net feed roll. When the required amount of net has been dispensed, the microprocessor stops the net feed roll and activates a mechanism to cut the net. The size of a "full bale" is selected by actuating keys on a control panel. An offset is automatically provided to compensate for wear in the apron mechanism affecting the "zero" setting of the bale size sensor. The system permits signalling the operator to steer left or right along a window to control bale shape as the bale being formed in the chamber increases in diameter, the signalling rate being non-linear with respect to bale diameter.

    Magnetic field producing apparatus
    6.
    发明授权
    Magnetic field producing apparatus 失效
    磁场产生装置

    公开(公告)号:US4344074A

    公开(公告)日:1982-08-10

    申请号:US250510

    申请日:1981-04-02

    CPC分类号: G01V3/08 A01D75/187 Y10S56/15

    摘要: Metal detectors having parallel magnetic fields produce signals which vary depending upon the shape and orientation of a metal object passing through the field. An improved metal detector sensor includes a magnet of special configuration having a multi-directional magnetic field resulting in a detector which is insensitive to orientation of the detected metal. One embodiment of the magnet is a pattern of cylindrical poles with the opposing pole central to the cylinder, thus creating a multiplicity of radially extending magnet fields. An alternate embodiment of the invention is an offset pattern of opposite poles which create two groups of fields, each at an angle to the general direction of movement of the material fed into the machine.

    摘要翻译: 具有平行磁场的金属检测器产生根据通过场的金属物体的形状和取向而变化的信号。 改进的金属检测器传感器包括具有多方向磁场的特殊结构的磁体,导致检测器对检测到的金属的取向不敏感。 磁体的一个实施例是圆柱形磁极的图案,其中相对的磁极中心到气缸,从而产生多个径向延伸的磁场。 本发明的替代实施例是相反磁极的偏移图案,其产生两组磁场,每组磁场与馈送到机器中的材料的大体运动方向成一角度。

    Apparatus and method providing a propulsion safeing sub-system in an agricultural windrower
    7.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method providing a propulsion safeing sub-system in an agricultural windrower 有权
    在农业采矿机中提供推进安全子系统的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US07920947B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-04-05

    申请号:US11486496

    申请日:2006-07-14

    IPC分类号: G06F7/70

    CPC分类号: A01D69/00

    摘要: Apparatus and a method for monitoring the performance of control algorithms, providing a safeing subsystem for a vehicle, particularly an agricultural windrower, for determining when a controlled system such as the propulsion system is no longer tracking a reference input signal sufficiently well. An appropriate action can then be executed, such as outputting a fault signal and/or shutting down the controlled system. An exponentially decaying integrator can be used to monitor the tracking errors.

    摘要翻译: 用于监测控制算法的性能的装置和方法,为车辆,特别是农业采风机提供安全子系统,用于确定诸如推进系统的受控系统何时不再足够好地跟踪参考输入信号。 然后可以执行适当的动作,例如输出故障信号和/或关闭受控系统。 指数衰减积分器可用于监测跟踪误差。

    Method and apparatus for simultaneously testing the inductance of
detection coils in a multiple channel metal detector
    8.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for simultaneously testing the inductance of detection coils in a multiple channel metal detector 失效
    用于同时测试多通道金属探测器中检测线圈电感的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US5644236A

    公开(公告)日:1997-07-01

    申请号:US414330

    申请日:1995-03-31

    IPC分类号: G01V3/10 G01V13/00 G01R31/02

    CPC分类号: G01V13/00 G01V3/105

    摘要: In a two-channel magnetic metal detector having first and second mutually inductively coupled detection coils connected to first and second detection channels, respectively, the inductance of the coils is tested by applying a square wave test signal to the first detection coil and determining if the resulting output signal from the second detection channel has a magnitude falling within a range of magnitudes defined by two threshold values stored in a non-volatile memory. A microcomputer applies digital signals to a digital to analog converter to generate the square wave. The output signal from the second detection channel is repetitively sampled and digitized and the digital values are transferred to the microcomputer which includes means for comparing the digital values with the threshold values. If a comparison determines that the magnitude of the output signal from the second detection channel does not fall within the range of magnitudes defined by the threshold values, the microcomputer generates an error indication.

    摘要翻译: 在具有分别连接到第一和第二检测通道的第一和第二相互感应耦合的检测线圈的双通道磁性金属检测器中,通过向第一检测线圈施加方波测试信号来测试线圈的电感, 来自第二检测通道的所得到的输出信号具有落在由非易失性存储器中存储的两个阈值所限定的幅度范围内的幅度。 微型计算机将数字信号施加到数模转换器以产生方波。 来自第二检测通道的输出信号被重复采样和数字化,并且将数字值传送到微计算机,其包括用于将数字值与阈值进行比较的装置。 如果比较确定来自第二检测通道的输出信号的幅度不落在由阈值限定的幅度的范围内,则微计算机产生错误指示。

    Method and apparatus for adjusting a shear bar relative to a cutter head
    9.
    再颁专利
    Method and apparatus for adjusting a shear bar relative to a cutter head 失效
    用于相对于切割头调节剪切杆的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:USRE34946E

    公开(公告)日:1995-05-23

    申请号:US831631

    申请日:1992-02-07

    IPC分类号: A01F29/09 B02C25/00

    CPC分类号: A01F29/09 A01D2101/00

    摘要: Under the control of a microprocessor first and second motors alternately drive first and second ends of a shear bar for adjusting the position of the shear bar relative to cutter head. The shear bar is adjusted so that it is substantially parallel to the cutter head even though the cutter head and shear bar may not be parallel at the time the adjustment is initiated. A knock sensor is provided for sensing impacts between the cutter head and shear bar, the knock sensor output signal being converted to a digital value for controlling the adjusting sequence. A knocker is provided for inducing vibrations in the shear bar to thereby test the operability of the knock sensor and its output circuitry. The sensitivity of the adjustment system to the output of the knock sensor is set automatically before an adjustment sequence begins to account for variations in the knock sensor, its output circuitry, and "noise" vibrations induced in the shear bar by normal machine operation.