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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2017
Applicant:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Inventors:
James T. Noonan, Bondurant, IA (US);
Kevin J. Goering, Cambridge, IA (US);
Joel M. Schreiner, Ankeny, IA (US);
Assignee:
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 46/08 (2006.01); A01D 69/00 (2006.01); A01D 46/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 46/085 (2013.01); A01D 46/16 (2013.01); A01D 69/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cotton harvester having a prime mover providing power to the cotton harvester, a controller monitoring a load on the prime mover and storing a load threshold, a drum rotatable about a first axis at a drum speed, a plurality of spindles for harvesting cotton, the plurality of spindles rotatable at a spindle speed and a doffer assembly rotatable about a second axis at a doffer speed. Wherein, when the controller detects a load on the prime mover greater than the load threshold, the spindle speed is reduced.