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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2016
Applicant:
Cnh Industrial America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);
Inventors:
Nathaniel Kip Totten, Lititz, PA (US);
Jeffrey B. Fay, II, Wilmington, DE (US);
Assignee:
CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 85/00 (2006.01); B65G 57/00 (2006.01); B65G 43/08 (2006.01); A01F 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 85/005 (2013.01); A01F 15/08 (2013.01); B65G 43/08 (2013.01); B65G 57/00 (2013.01); A01D 2085/007 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of grasping a bale of crop material and placing the bale in a bale wagon, the method comprising the steps of sensing, grasping and evaluating. The sensing step includes sensing a presence of a bale between grasping arms of a bale grasping mechanism. The grasping step includes grasping the bale with the grasping arms. The evaluating step includes evaluating a size of the bale that has been grasped.