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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2018
Applicant:
Deere and Company;
Inventors:
Matthew T. Wold, Coal Valley, IL (US);
Glenn E. Pope, Viola, IL (US);
Jeffrey R. Walter, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Jacob G. Schoeny, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01F 12/44 (2006.01); A01F 12/46 (2006.01); A01D 41/127 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01F 12/444 (2013.01); A01D 41/1271 (2013.01); A01D 41/1276 (2013.01); A01F 12/446 (2013.01); A01F 12/46 (2013.01);
Abstract
A combine harvester may include a chaffer to separate residue from grain in crop material, a fan to direct air through and across the chaffer to carry the residue from the harvester, a sensor to output signals indicating a characteristic of the crop material upstream of the chaffer and a controller to adjust a speed of the fan based on signals from the sensor.