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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2014
Kubota Corporation, Osaka-shi, JP;
Hirotsugu Inoue, Sakai, JP;
Kazuhiro Takahara, Sakai, JP;
Hiroshi Ikeda, Sakai, JP;
Kazunori Matsufuji, Sakai, JP;
Kubota Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A combine includes: a yield measurement container () having a yield receiving opening () for receiving at least some of grains supplied to a grain tank () which accumulates grains obtained by threshing, a yield discharge opening () for discharging received grains, and a yield shutter () for opening and closing the yield discharge opening (); a yield measurement section for detecting, while the yield shutter () is closed, that a predetermined volume of grains has been accumulated in the yield measurement container () and then outputting a detection signal; a time calculation section for calculating, based on the detection signal, an accumulating time required to accumulate the predetermined volume of grains; and a yield calculation section for calculating a yield per unit travel based on a travel speed and the accumulation time.