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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Cnh Industrial America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01F 15/04 (2006.01); A01F 15/08 (2006.01); A01F 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01F 15/08 (2013.01); A01F 15/044 (2013.01); A01F 15/0825 (2013.01); A01F 15/0858 (2013.01); A01F 15/145 (2013.01); A01F 2015/0866 (2013.01);
Abstract
An agricultural baler having a baling chamber and a pre-compression chamber, wherein the pre-compression chamber is adapted to periodically form a slice of crop material and push the slice towards the baling chamber into a first segment of the baling chamber, the baling chamber has a plunger provided for reciprocally moving in the baling chamber thereby compressing slices of crop material into a bale, wherein at least one optical bale length sensor is provided in the baling chamber for measuring the length of the bale.