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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
May. 24, 2016
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Noel W. Anderson, Fargo, ND (US);
Michael L. Rhodes, Richfield, MN (US);
Andy C. Locken, Denver, CO (US);
Gurmukh H. Advani, West Fargo, ND (US);
Kevin P. Cowles, Fargo, ND (US);
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A harvesting machine has a controlled subsystem that performs harvesting machine functionality, and a control system that controls the controlled subsystem. A header is mounted to the harvesting machine and has row dividers (that divide rows of crop stalks) and gathering chains. A set of crop loss inhibitors is mounted proximate a forward portion of each of the gathering chains, in a direction of travel of the harvesting machine. The crop loss inhibitors also include a sensor that senses a variable, indicative of a crop attribute, as each crop stalk passes through the set of crop loss inhibitors.