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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 41/127 (2006.01); G01G 19/52 (2006.01); A01D 61/00 (2006.01); G01L 5/04 (2006.01); A01F 12/46 (2006.01); G01G 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 41/1272 (2013.01); A01D 61/00 (2013.01); A01F 12/46 (2013.01); G01G 19/52 (2013.01); G01L 5/04 (2013.01); G01G 17/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to sense the weight of grain in a grain elevator are disclosed. A disclosed example grain elevator includes a grain transport member to transport grain, a driving member to move the grain transport member, a first tension sensor to sense a first tension in the driving member, and a weight determiner to estimate a weight of the grain based on the first tension.