Silage compactor
    1.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12041886B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-23

    申请号:US17378418

    申请日:2021-07-16

    发明人: Jason L. Shonk

    IPC分类号: A01F25/18 B06B1/10 E02D3/026

    摘要: A vehicle includes a frame, a tractive element coupled to the frame, a prime mover coupled to the frame and configured to drive the tractive element to propel the vehicle, and a silage compactor. The silage compactor includes a wheel rotatably coupled to the frame and positioned to engage silage positioned below the frame, a vibrator coupled to the wheel and configured to cause the wheel to vibrate, and a controller configured to control the vibrator to vibrate the wheel while the wheel is in contact with the silage to compress the silage.

    METHOD FOR ASCERTAINING THE COMPACTION STATE OF SILAGE STORED IN A FLAT SILO

    公开(公告)号:US20230389481A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-07

    申请号:US18323737

    申请日:2023-05-25

    申请人: DEERE & COMPANY

    IPC分类号: A01F25/18 B65D90/48

    CPC分类号: A01F25/18 B65D90/48

    摘要: A method for ascertaining a compaction state of silage stored in a flat silo, in which a work vehicle used for compacting the silage has inflated tires on at least one vehicle axle, includes in a first step, via an acceleration sensor, one or more of a normal and a tangential acceleration occurring in a tire bead is detected and wirelessly transmitted in the form of sensor data corresponding thereto to a processor unit, in a second step, starting from the transferred sensor data from the processor unit, the deformations of the tire casing occurring in each case during the rolling of the tire in an entry point and an exit point are ascertained and compared to one another, and in a third step, based on the comparison, a compression behavior and in turn therefrom the compaction state of the silage is determined by the processor unit.

    Control System
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230071823A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-09

    申请号:US17902789

    申请日:2022-09-02

    IPC分类号: A01D41/127 A01F25/18

    摘要: A control system for a working machine includes a ground engaging structure which performs a compaction operation by passing over a body of a harvested crop. The control system includes a controller and at least one sensor providing an input to the controller. The controller is configured to determine a state of compaction of a section of the body of the harvested crop based on at least the input from the sensor, and provides at least one output to control the movement of the working machine over the body of the harvested crop and also provides an indication to an operator of the working machine as to the state of compaction of the body of the harvested crop at a particular section thereof.

    Silo grain level sensor system
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11357172B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-14

    申请号:US16563256

    申请日:2019-09-06

    IPC分类号: A01F25/18 G01F23/292

    摘要: A system and method for remotely managing content levels in one or more defined areas includes a computer system communicatively connected to one or more resident sensor units and controllers linked to devices such as content loading drive mechanisms and/or supply reordering modules. When a sensor reports that a content level is or will be lower or higher than desired, the computer system generates an alert and forwards the alert across a wireless communications network to a user's mobile device. The user may select a user command to send to the computer system, whereupon the computer system may selectively regulate the content levels in accordance with the response action or alternatively override the user command based upon one or more contextual determinations.

    Grain spreader for storage bin
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11330765B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-17

    申请号:US16665199

    申请日:2019-10-28

    IPC分类号: A01F25/18 B65G69/04 B65D88/26

    摘要: A grain spreader wherein grain received in the hopper is directed to spreader arms by a spreader cone. The spreader cone has a convergent cone and a divergent cone. The spreader cone has a center opening that allows a first portion of the grain collecting in the convergent cone to pass through and fall through the underside of the divergent cone. The grain spreader further includes support springs that lift the spreader cone upwards into the hopper when the spreader cone is lightly loaded. A center flow choke is configured to throttle the flow of grain through the center opening to partially close the center opening in low grain flow conditions, wherein the center flow choke is mounted to the hopper body such that up and down movement of the spreader cone moves the center opening into or out of engagement with the center flow choke.

    METHOD FOR ASSISTING A COMPACTION-APPROPRIATE DISTRIBUTION OF HARVESTED MATERIAL IN A FLAT SILO

    公开(公告)号:US20210329844A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-28

    申请号:US17181392

    申请日:2021-02-22

    申请人: DEERE & COMPANY

    摘要: A method for assisting a compaction-appropriate distribution of harvested material in a flat silo includes providing a silo vehicle having a control unit, ascertaining a dry-substance density to be achieved via the control unit, determining a maximally producible compaction pressure via the control unit, ascertaining a maximally permissible layer thickness via the control unit for the implementation of a distribution-and-compaction process, determining a layer thickness currently being applied during the implementation of the distribution-and-compaction process in a location-specific manner via a GPS receiver, comparing the maximally permissible layer thickness and the layer thickness currently being applied in the location-specific manner via the control unit in order to ascertain a target layer thickness, and driving a regulating device of a distribution tool provided on the silo vehicle to assimilate the layer thickness currently being applied to the target layer thickness via the control unit in an automated manner.

    Silo grain level sensor system
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10405497B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-10

    申请号:US15352678

    申请日:2016-11-16

    摘要: A system and method for remotely managing grain levels in one or more silos includes a computer system communicatively connected to one or more light sensors and grain loading drive mechanisms and/or grain supply reordering modules. When a sensor reports that a grain level has fallen below a predetermined threshold, the computer system generates an alert and forwards the alert across a wireless communications network to a user's mobile device. The user may select a user command to send to the computer system, whereupon the computer system may activate one or more grain loading drive mechanisms and/or reorder grain from the associated supplier in accordance with the response action or alternatively override the user command based upon one or more contextual determinations, the grain loading drive mechanisms able to replenish the grain levels to optimal, above-threshold levels.

    ACTIVE CHOKING FUNNEL FOR A GRAIN SPREADER
    9.
    发明申请
    ACTIVE CHOKING FUNNEL FOR A GRAIN SPREADER 有权
    用于谷物膨胀机的主动式搅拌机

    公开(公告)号:US20120237322A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-09-20

    申请号:US13048529

    申请日:2011-03-15

    IPC分类号: A01F25/18 B65G69/04

    CPC分类号: B65G69/0466 A01F25/186

    摘要: A grain spreader with an active choking funnel is described. The grain spreader includes an upper funnel assembly to receive grain. A choking funnel assembly is in a spring loaded engagement with the upper funnel assembly. The upper funnel assembly directs the grain to the choking funnel assembly. A spreader pan or a grain distributor is positioned beneath the choking funnel assembly. The choking funnel assembly spreads the grain on the spreader pan or the grain distributor.

    摘要翻译: 描述了具有主动阻塞漏斗的颗粒撒播机。 颗粒撒布机包括用于接收谷粒的上漏斗组件。 扼流圈组件与上漏斗组件弹簧加载接合。 上漏斗组件将颗粒引导到扼流圈组件。 扩张器盘或谷物分配器位于扼流圈组件的下方。 扼流漏斗组件将颗粒撒在撒布盘或谷物分配器上。

    COMPACTING ROTOR FOR BAGGING MACHINES
    10.
    发明申请
    COMPACTING ROTOR FOR BAGGING MACHINES 有权
    用于包装机的压装转子

    公开(公告)号:US20050097868A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-05-12

    申请号:US10704104

    申请日:2003-11-07

    IPC分类号: A01F25/18 B65B43/26 B65B63/02

    摘要: A rotor for a bagging machine used to force feed material, e.g., silage, for compaction in a tunnel of the machine prior to insertion of the material into a large storage bag. The rotor includes teeth sets closely spaced along the length of the rotor and each teeth set including at least three circumferentially spaced teeth. Preferably the teeth of each teeth set are intregal with a support or base ring that slidably fits en elongate pipe or tube and position axially in circumferentially as desired and then weld tacked to the pipe.

    摘要翻译: 用于装袋机的转子,用于在将材料插入大型储存袋之前迫使饲料(例如青贮饲料)在机器的通道中压实。 转子包括沿着转子的长度紧密间隔开的齿组,并且每个齿组包括至少三个周向间隔开的齿。 优选地,每个齿组的齿与支撑件或基座环是中间的,所述支撑件或基座环可滑动地配合细长的管或管,并且沿着轴向方向沿着所需的方向定位,然后焊接到管上。